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- verbforestall (verb) · forestalls (third person present) · forestalled (past tense) · forestalled (past participle) · forestalling (present participle)
- prevent or obstruct (an anticipated event or action) by taking action ahead of time:"vitamins may forestall many diseases of aging"
- act in advance of (someone) in order to prevent them from doing something:"she started to rise, but Erica forestalled her and got the telephone"
- historicalbuy up (goods) in order to profit by an enhanced price.
OriginOld English foresteall ‘an ambush’ (see fore- and stall). As a verb the earliest sense (Middle English) was ‘intercept and buy up goods before they reach the market, so as to raise the price’ (formerly an offense). FORESTALL Definition & Usage Examples | Dictionary.com
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