Legal Definition and Related Resources of Forestall

To obstruct a person’s way with force and arms ; also to raise the price of certain goods by holding up supplies, etc

verb

• act in advance
• antevertere
• anticipate
• arrest
• avert
• avoid
• await
• be armed
• be forewarned
• bring to a standstill
• cancel
• censor
• check
• counteract
• deter
• disallow
• enjoin
• estop
• filibuster
• forbid
• forfend
• frustrate
• halt
• hinder
• hold back
• impede
• inhibit
• intercept
• interfere
• intervene
• look forward to
• make provisions
• obstruct
• obviate
• praecipere
• praevenire
• preclude
• prepare for
• prevent
• prohibit
• provide against
• stave off
• stay
• stifle
• stop
• stymie
• suppress
• suspend
• take precautions
• thwart
• veto
• wait for
• ward off Associated Concepts: forestall an action

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Grammar

This term is a verb.

Etimology of Forestall

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late 14c. (implied in forestalling), “to lie in wait for;” also “to intercept goods before they reach public markets and buy them privately,” which formerly was a crime (mid-14c. in this sense in Anglo-French), from Old English noun foresteall “intervention, hindrance (of justice); an ambush, a waylaying,” literally “a standing before (someone),” from fore- “before” + steall “standing position” (see stall (n.1)). Modern sense of “to anticipate and delay” is from 1580s. Related: Forestalled; forestalling.