transitive verb. 1a archaic : forbid. b : to ward off : prevent. 2 : protect, preserve.

What does it mean to purloin something?

steal, pilfer, filch, purloin mean to take from another without right or without detection. steal may apply to any surreptitious taking of something and differs from the other terms by commonly applying to intangibles as well as material things.

Is it heaven forbid or heaven forfend?

In the US it is sometimes spelled with a spare E on the prefix, forefend. It is used most often in the exclamation, "Heaven forfend!", where Americans would say, "Heaven forbid!"