1) Act in advance of 2) Anticipate 3) Block 4) Deal with ahead of time 5) Exclusively Saxon word 6) Exclusively Anglo word 7) Forbid 8) Foreclose 9) Get ahead of 10) Make impossible 11) Obstruct 12) Preclude 13) Prevent 14) Prevent in advance 15) Word of purely Anglo origin 16) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins
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1) Avert 2) Avoid 3) Deflect 4) Deter 5) Foreclose 6) Frustrate 7) Hogtie 8) Kibosh 9) Obstruct 10) Preclude 11) Prevent 12) Stymy
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intercept and cut off (e.g. deer being driven into the forest) goods before reaching the public market (P 205)
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http://info.sjc.ox.ac.uk/forests/glossary.htm
• (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. • (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 occupa...
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1. To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate. 'What need a man forestall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid?' (Milton) ... 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 occu...
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intercept and cut off (e.g. deer being driven into the forest) goods before reaching the public market (P 205)
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http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22223
Fore·stall' transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Forestalled ;
present participle & verbal noun Forestalling .] [ Middle English
forstallen to stop, to obstruct; to stop (goods) on the way to the market by buying them befo...
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prevent by taking action in advance preemptÂ
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preclude verb keep from happening or arising; make impossible; `My sense of tact forbids an honest answer`; `Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project`
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to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance: to forestall a riot by deploying police. · to act beforehand with or get ahead of; anticipate. · to buy up (goods) in advance in order to increase the price when resold. · to prevent sales at (a fair, market, etc.) by buying up or diverting goods.
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[SAT terms] keep from happening or arising; make impossible
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keep from happening or arising; make impossible
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[Literary terms] keep from happening or arising; make impossible
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