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Definition of Forestalled
1. forestall [v] - See also: forestall
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forestalled
Literary usage of Forestalled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"The laws of the Southern States would certainly have been forestalled by the
speedier action of lynch- law, in putting a stop to my experimental ..."
2. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers (1840)
"... and the populace were daily more and more bent on finding forestalled, where
there were only dealers who refused a money that had lost its value. ..."
3. The Christian Examiner (1830)
"... forestalled and Resisted: or Lectures on Diet, Regimen and Employment; delivered
to the Students ..."
4. The Speeches of the Hon. Thomas Erskine: (now Lord Erskine), when at the Bar by Thomas Erskine Erskine, James Ridgway (1816)
"It is very likely you have forestalled all the observations I have made; bat
still it was not less my duty to make them. The whole of this case is for your ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... when the Japanese forestalled them by advancing on the 2 ist of February The
sth Army gradually drove in Kuropatkin'a small detachments in the mountains ..."
6. Early Records of British India: A History of the English Settlements in by James Talboys Wheeler (1878)
"On reaching Calcutta, Lord Clive found that he na(l been forestalled. Governor
Spencer and Members of Council had refused to await the arrival of Lord Clive ..."
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