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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Thomas was presented as a regrator or forestaller of barley and wheat at Snitterfield Court, held April, 1575.
From Shakespeare's Family by C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes
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
However wide may be the field occupied by the forestaller, he cannot prevent others from competing with him, if he sell so dear that they can undersell him.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 440 Volume 17, New Series, June 5, 1852 by William Chambers
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
