Forestall

Verb

 * 1)  To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
 * Fred forestalled disaster by his prompt action.
 * 1)  To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
 * In French, an aspired h forestalls elision.
 * 1)  To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:hinder

Derived terms

 * forestaller
 * forestallment
 * forestalment

Thesaurus
anticipate, avert, bamboozle, bar, beguile, betray, bluff, cajole, calculate on, cheat on, circumvent, conjure, corner, count on, debar, deceive, deflect, delay, delude, deter, diddle, discourage, dishearten, double-cross, dupe, engross, estop, exclude, fend, fend off, forbid, foreclose, foreglimpse, forerun, foresee, foretaste, frustrate, gammon, get ahead of, get around, go before, go off half-cocked, gull, help, hinder, hoax, hocus-pocus, hog, hornswaggle, humbug, intercept, juggle, jump the gun, keep from, keep off, let down, look for, look forward to, look out for, look to, mock, monopolize, obstruct, obviate, outmaneuver, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overreach, parry, pigeon, play one false, preclude, prevent, prohibit, put something over, reckon on, repel, rule out, save, snow, stave off, stop, string along, take in, take it all, thwart, tie up, trick, turn aside, two-time, ward, ward off, watch out for, win the start

Etymology
From forestallen: from forestalle:, from  foresteall: from fore-: + steall:.

Translations

 * French: ,


 * Italian: prevenire

Anagrams

 * fellators