Forefend, to avert, forbid: “heavens f.!” Wint. IV, 4, 541. R2 IV, 129 (Ff “forbid).” H6A V, 4, 65. H6B III, 2, 30. Tit. I, 434. Oth. V, 2, 32. Oth. V, 2, 32 Cymb. V, 5, 287. “which peril heaven f.!” H6C II, 1, 191. “have you never found my brother's way to the --ed place?” Lr. V, 1, 11 (== forbidden).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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