Definition of Forestalls

1. Verb. (third-person singular of forestall) ¹

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Definition of Forestalls

1. forestall [v] - See also: forestall

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forestalls

forestage
forestages
forestal
forestaled
forestaling
forestall
forestallable
forestalled
forestaller
forestallers
forestalling
forestallingly
forestallment
forestallments
forestalls (current term)
forestals
forestart
forestation
forestations
forestaves
forestay
forestays
forestaysail
forestaysails
foreste
forested
forested areas or land
forester
foresters

Literary usage of Forestalls

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Digest of the Laws of England by Anthony Hammond, John Comyns (1826)
"So, if he forestalls, or obstructs the lord. &c. when he is going to the land io make a distress, with force or menace of life or member. Lit. sect. ..."

2. Discussions on the Atonement: Is it Vicarious? by George Jamieson (1887)
"He tells us that it has been deemed impossible to ascertain these relations: hence the author at once forestalls the impossibility of attaining to a ..."

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