Definitions
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
Word origin
From Middle English forestallen (“to forestall, intercept, ambush, way-lay”), from forestalle (“a forestalling, interception”), from Old English foresteall (“intervention, hindrance of justice, ambush”), from fore- (“ahead of, before”) + steall (“position”), equivalent to fore- + stall.
Used in a sentence
“Fred forestalled disaster by his prompt action.”
“In French, an aspired h forestalls elision.”
“What need a man forestall his date of grief, / And run to meet what he would most avoid?”
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01“Prevent in advance”9 letters
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