FORESTALL

forestall

Noun

  1. An ambush; plot; an interception; waylaying; rescue.
  2. Something situated or placed in front.

Verb

  1. To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
    Fred forestalled disaster by his prompt action.
  2. To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
    In French, an aspired h forestalls elision.
  3. To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price.
  4. To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.


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