Forestall Definition

fôr-stôl
forestalls
verb
forestalls
To delay, hinder, or prevent (an event, for example) by taking action beforehand.
American Heritage
To prevent or hinder by doing something ahead of time.
Webster's New World
To act in advance of; get ahead of; anticipate.
Webster's New World
To interfere with the trading in (a market) by buying up goods in advance, getting sellers to raise prices, etc.
Webster's New World
To intercept.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Forestall

  • Middle English forestallen to waylay and rob from forestal highway robbery, ambush from Old English foresteall fore- fore- steall position stel- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Forestall Sentence Examples

  • But to forestall the French with his whole army was impossible.

  • His wild extravagance, however, forced his father to forestall his creditors by securing his detention in semi-exile in the country, where he wrote his earliest extant work, the Essai sur le despotisme.

  • The French remedy for an unsuccessful colony has always been to annex more territory, and forestall a possible rival.

  • A rapid British attack would in any case forestall the concentration of these heterogeneous squadrons.

  • This disappointment of his ambition would not perhaps in itself have sufficed to stir Mehemet Ali to revolt against his master; but it was ominous of perils to come, which the astute pasha thought it wise to forestall.

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Words Starting With

FFOFOR

Words Ending With

LLLALL

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With F9 Letter Words Ending With L