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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
forestalling
n 1: the act of preventing something by anticipating and
disposing of it effectively [syn: obviation,
forestalling, preclusion]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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What need a man forestall his date of grief,
And run to meet what he would most avoid? --Milton.
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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.
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An ugly serpent which forestalled their way.
--Fairfax.
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But evermore those damsels did forestall
Their furious encounter. --Spenser.
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To be forestalled ere we come to fall. --Shak.
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Habit is a forestalled and obstinate judge. --Rush.
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3. To deprive; -- with of. [R.]
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All the better; may
This night forestall him of the coming day! --Shak.
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4. (Eng. Law) 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.
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To forestall the market, to buy or contract for merchandise
or provision on its way to market, with the intention of
selling it again at a higher price; to dissuade persons
from bringing their goods or provisions there; or to
persuade them to enhance the price when there. This was an
offense at law in England until 1844. --Burrill.
Syn: To anticipate; monopolize; engross.
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
FORESTALLING, crim. law. Every practice or device, by act, conspiracy,
words, or news, to enhance the price of victuals or other provisions. 3
Inst. 196; Bac. Ab. h.t.; 1 Russ. Cr. 169; 4 Bl. Com. 158.
2. All endeavors whatever to enhance the common price of any
merchandise, and all kinds of practices which have that tendency, whether by
spreading false rumors, or buying things in a market before the accustomed
hour, are offences at common law, and come under the notion of forestalling,
which includes all kind of offences of this nature. Hawk. P. C. b. 1 c. 8 0,
s. 1. Vide 13 Vin. Ab. 430; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; 4 Com. Dig. 391 1 East,
Rep. 132.
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Thesaurus Results for Forestalling:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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