forestall
verb (used with object)
to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance.
forestallment
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a word derived from
forestall.
Example Sentences
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Meantime we cannot refrain from expressing by forestallment our great satisfaction at the successful run and favourable reception of “The Foundling of the Forest.”
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen) Carpenter
