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to drive danger or attack away from
- a place of refuge where the settlers could forfend themselves from attack
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“Forfend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forfend. Accessed 18 Sep. 2021.
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