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Meaning Of Forestall
v. t.
To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To deprive; -- with of.
v. t.
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.