Sekirov Dictionary

forestall

/fɔː(ɹ)ˈstɔːl/

verb 6
/ˈfɔː(ɹ).stɔːl/ noun 2
forms 5

verb6

•
To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
- Fred forestalled disaster by his prompt action.
•
To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
- In French, an aspired h forestalls elision.
•
To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
- What need a man forestall his date of grief, / And run to meet what he would most avoid? — 1634
(UK) To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.
•
To deprive (with of).
- All the better; may / This night forestall him of the coming day! — 1611
(no longer used) To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price.

forestall

/ˈfɔː(ɹ).stɔːl/

noun2

Something situated or placed in front.
(no longer used, historical) An ambush; plot; an interception; waylaying; rescue.

forms

forestalled · forestalling · forestalleth · forestalls · forestallest

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