Assist and Forfend

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Assist verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Forfend is an antonym for assist.

Forfend verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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Assist is an antonym for forfend in topics: check, stop, inhibit, prevent, outlaw.

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Forfend and Assist. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/assist/forfend

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