Forestall \Fore*stall"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forestalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forestalling}.] [OE. forstallen to stop, to obstruct; to stop (goods) on the way to the market by buying them beforehand, from forstal obstruction, AS. forsteal, foresteall, prop., a placing one's self before another. See {Fore}, and {Stall}.] 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 occupation, or by measures taken in advance.
An ugly serpent which forestalled their way. --Fairfax.
But evermore those damsels did forestall Their furious encounter. --Spenser.
To be forestalled ere we come to fall. --Shak.
Habit is a forestalled and obstinate judge. --Rush.
3. To deprive; -- with of. [R.]
All the better; may This night forestall him of the coming day! --Shak.
4. (Eng. Law) 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.
{To forestall the market}, to buy or contract for merchandise or provision on its way to market, with the intention of selling it again at a higher price; to dissuade persons from bringing their goods or provisions there; or to persuade them to enhance the price when there. This was an offense at law in England until 1844. --Burrill.
Syn: To anticipate; monopolize; engross.
The government tried to forestall any criticism from African countries that have accused it of being too cooperative with South Africa.
He felt the oath that he had taken as vice president was sufficient to assume the office of president, but in order to forestall any problems, he took a second oath.
One was a 25-yard pass from quarterback Phil Simms to wide receiver Lionel Manuel on a third-down-and-20 from the Skins' 36-yard line after the visitors had accepted a holding penalty to forestall a possible field-goal try.
To forestall inflation and bring down land prices, the Bank of Japan has raised its discount rate five times since May 1989 to its current level of 6%.
The crash-rattled financial markets, meanwhile, imposed "circuit breakers" to forestall another collapse.
In last-minute attempts to forestall sanctions, the Japanese government recently ordered chip makers to cut by 11% production of certain chips covered by last summer's trade agreement.
He argues privately that enacting it might forestall a much more protectionist bill next year.
It declared a special cash dividend of $24.60 a share as part of its recapitalization plan to forestall Southdown's $35-a-share offer.
Hundreds of other hostages, many of them Americans, remain trapped in Iraq, some held as "human shields" at strategic sites to forestall an attack by the U.S.-led mutinational force.
They contend that a modest pinch now by the Fed could forestall the necessity for a crunch later on.
The central government hopes to forestall such economic fragmentation by establishing changes to serve as the basis for a nationwide market and a new union treaty among the republics.
So, it's not an effort to forestall anything, it's an effort to move forward and encourage forward motion and be helpful to the Soviet Union in terms of reform. They need much, much more reform, and they're the ones that say this.
As previously reported, Texaco filed last April 12 for Chapter 11 protection from creditors to forestall enforcement of the massive judgment awarded to Pennzoil by a Texas jury in December 1985.
Texaco filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors last April 12 to forestall enforcement of the massive judgment against it awarded to Pennzoil by a Texas jury in December 1985.
Texaco filed April 12 for court protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the federal Bankruptcy Code in order to forestall enforcement of the $10.3 billion judgment against it awarded to Pennzoil by a Texas jury in December 1985.
Mr. Shamir's thank-you note: deportation papers for Mubarak Awad, an American citizen of Palestinian background whose expulsion the U.S. has tried vigorously, and vainly, to forestall.
There's no cure for old age, but scientists are developing the next best thing: therapies that can forestall and even reverse some of the most disabling and disturbing effects of the inevitable.
White Plains, N.Y.-based Texaco filed last April 12 for court protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the federal Bankruptcy Code in order to forestall enforcement of the $10.3 billion judgment against it.
Jerusalem's police force was doubled to 3,000 to forestall Palestinian protests during the Shultz visit, said city spokeswoman Sivana Meryn.
Texaco filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of federal bankruptcy law last April to forestall enforcement of a $10.3 billion damages judgment for interfering with Pennzoil Co.'s acquisition of an interest in Getty Oil Co. in 1984.
Canada imposed a 15% tax on its lumber exports starting Jan. 1 to forestall the U.S. duty.
"How often does Paul volunteer to call a bank president to forestall foreclosure and negotiate deals for people who are not raising money for his campaign?"
Only stunning luck or incredibly deft diplomacy can forestall one or the other, barring an unlikely cut-and-run by Saddam Hussein.
Both exchanges also proposed a one-year experimental system of coordinated "circuit breaker" mechanisms to forestall panicky selling when the Dow average is falling rapidly.
This situation, coupled with the sinking dollar, thrust prices high enough (double the initial offerings for '82 futures in some instances) to forestall yet another futures stampede for Bordeaux.
To forestall complaints, the bank uses anonymous "shoppers" to evaluate service by tellers and other personnel.
As a result, President Bush and congressional leaders began negotiations earlier this week on a package of spending cuts and revenue increases to forestall the automatic spending cuts for fiscal 1991 under the Gramm-Rudman balanced budget law.
And in an effort to forestall American strategic superiority and eliminate the threat of the Strategic Defense Initiative, he has adopted a conciliatory attitude in arms talks.
Now rates are rising and equities falling, some will be tempted to preserve slender gains, or forestall further losses, by selling shares. Stability has to be achieved at some point, but how far down is the bottom of the market?