'Forestalling' definitions:
Definition of 'forestalling'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively [syn: obviation, forestalling, preclusion]
Definition of 'Forestalling'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- What need a man forestall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid? --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- An ugly serpent which forestalled their way. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster]
- But evermore those damsels did forestall Their furious encounter. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- To be forestalled ere we come to fall. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Habit is a forestalled and obstinate judge. --Rush. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To deprive; -- with of. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- All the better; may This night forestall him of the coming day! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'forestalling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agape,
- agog,
- all agog,
- anticipant,
- anticipating,
- anticipative,
- anticipatory,
- arrestation,
- avoidance,
- avoiding reaction,
- awaiting,
- certain,
- circumvention,
- confident,
- debarment,
- defense mechanism,
- determent,
- deterrence,
- deterrent,
- deterring,
- discouragement,
- discouraging,
- dodge,
- duck,
- eager,
- elusion,
- elusiveness,
- equivocation,
- escape,
- estoppel,
- evasion,
- evasive action,
- evasiveness,
- expectant,
- expecting,
- forbearance,
- forbiddance,
- forbidding,
- forearmed,
- foreclosure,
- forestallment,
- forewarned,
- gaping,
- getting around,
- halt,
- hopeful,
- in anticipation,
- in expectation,
- jink,
- looking for,
- looking forward to,
- neutrality,
- nonintervention,
- noninvolvement,
- not surprised,
- obviation,
- optimistic,
- preclusion,
- preclusive,
- prepared,
- preventative,
- prevention,
- preventive,
- prohibition,
- prohibitive,
- prophylactic,
- ready,
- refraining,
- sanguine,
- shunning,
- shunting off,
- shy,
- sidestep,
- sidetracking,
- slip,
- stay,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- stopping,
- sure,
- the runaround,
- unsurprised,
- waiting,
- waiting for,
- watching for,
- zigzag