meaning of forestall
1. To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.
2. 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.
3. To deprive; -- with of.
4. 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.
5. keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest
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Related Words
forestall | forestalled | forestaller | forestalling |
