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Forestal [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to forests; as, forestal rights.

Forestall [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

2. Why need a man forestall his date of grief, and run to meet what he would most avoid?

3. To hinder by preoccupation or prevention.

4. I will not forestall your judgment of the rest.

5. In law, to buy or bargain for corn, or provisions of any kind, before they arrive at the market or fair, with intent to sell them at higher prices. This is a penal offense.

6. To deprive by something prior. [Not in use.]

Forestall [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.

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.

3. To deprive; -- with of.

4. 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.

Forestalled [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Anticipated; hindered; purchased before arrival in market.

Forestalled [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Forestaller [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who forestalls; a person who purchases provisions before they come to the fair or market, with a view to raise the price.

Forestaller [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market.

Forestalling [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Anticipation; prevention; the act of buying provisions before they are offered in market, with intent to sell them at higher prices.

Forestalling [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Anticipating; hindering; buying provisions before they arrive in market, with intent to sell them at high prices.

Forestalling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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