Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - forestall
Forestall
forestall
v.tr. 1 act in advance of in order to prevent. 2 anticipate (the action of another, or an event). 3 anticipate the action of. 4 deal with beforehand. 5 hist. buy up (goods) in order to profit by an enhanced price. Derivatives forestaller n. forestalment n. Etymology: ME in sense 5: cf. AL forestallare f. OE foresteall an ambush (as FORE-, STALL)
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transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from forstall act of waylaying, from Old English foresteall, from fore+ steall position, stall Date: before 12th century to prevent the normal trading in by buying or diverting goods or by persuading persons to raise prices, intercept, obstruct, beset, to exclude, hinder, or prevent by prior occupation or measures, to get ahead of ; anticipate, see: prevent ~er noun ~ment noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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