to forestall

Definition of to forestall in English English dictionary: forstall; To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible
In French, an aspired h forestalls elision.; {v} to anticipate, prevent, buy before; To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate; To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in advance; To deprive; with of; act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price; If you forestall someone, you realize what they are likely to do and prevent them from doing it. Large numbers of police were in the square to forestall any demonstrations. = stop. to prevent something from happening or prevent someone from doing something by doing something first; To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert; {f} thwart, frustrate; prevent, ward off; act in advance, anticipate; keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market

to forestall

Hyphenation

to fore·stall

tı fôrstôl

/tə fôrˈstôl/ /tə fɔːrˈstɔːl/

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