forestall
verb (used with object)
to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance.
forestaller
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a word derived from
forestall.
Example Sentences
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And leaving me in the hands of the tall, smiling, and imposing Colonel Desperade, who was clad in a magnificent uniform, Mr. Croker, forestaller and extortioner, continued his way with dignity toward his counting house.
From Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee by John Esten Cooke
If the article was produced abroad, the forestaller would try to buy up the entire importation.
From Popular Law-making by Frederic Jesup Stimson
Foreboding had entered even the hearts of the forestaller and extortioner.
From Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee by John Esten Cooke
Approaching, step by dainty and precise step, the seat invested by Mr. James Ollerenshaw, she arrived at the point whence she could distinguish the features of her forestaller; she was somewhat short-sighted.
From Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) by Arnold Bennett
It is quite other property it tends to destroy; the property, the claim, of the creditor, the mortgagee, the landlord, and usurer, the forestaller, gambling speculator, monopolizer and absentee….
From New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
