forestall

suomi-englanti sanakirja

forestall englannista suomeksi

To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.

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To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price.
To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
(RQ:Milton Comus)
(RQ:Maugham Moon and Sixpence) She did not speak to him much, but she was quick to forestall his wants.
To deprive (with ''of'').
(RQ:Shakespeare Cymbeline)
To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.
An ambush; plot; an interception; waylaying; rescue.
Something situated or placed in front.