forestall
verb (used with object)
to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance.
forestalment
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a word derived from
forestall.
Example Sentences
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But the other vessel swiftly speeding northward—soon would she arrive with a forestalment in a measure—in the unaccountable non-appearance of one of her passengers—of the terrible news which must eventually be broken to Violet’s mother.
From Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt by Bertram Mitford
Hence, unless the imagination be held under strict discipline, we are prone to meet evils more than halfway—to suffer them by forestalment, and to assume the burdens which we ourselves create.
From Character by Samuel Smiles
In the opening spring, there come rumours of forestalment, there come King's Edicts, Petitions of bakers against millers; and at length, in the month of April—troops of ragged Lackalls, and fierce cries of starvation!
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
