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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Forestall \Fore*stall"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forestalled}; p. pr & vb n. {Forestalling}.] [OE. forstallen to stop, to obstruct; to stop (goods) on the way to the market by buying them beforehand, from forstal obstruction, AS forsteal foresteall, prop., a placing one's self before another. See {Fore}, and {Stall}.] 1. To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate. What need a man forestall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid? --Milton. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: forestall v 1: keep from happening of arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer" [syn: {prevent}, {foreclose}, {preclude}, {forbid}] 2: act in advance of deal with ahead of time [syn: {anticipate}, {foresee}, {counter}]
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