Alternativa stavningar

Synonymer

Uttal

    • IPA: /ˈfɔː(r).stɔːl/

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Forestall verkar vara ett sammansatt ord. Prova att söka dess delar separat:

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. (obsolete or historical) An ambush; plot; an interception; waylaying; rescue.
  2. Something situated or placed in front.

Verb

  1. (transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
  2. (transitive) To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
  3. (archaic) To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price.
  4. To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
  5. To deprive (with of).
  6. To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.

Exempel

  • Fred forestalled disaster by his prompt action.
  • In French, an aspired h forestalls elision.
  • What need a man forestall his date of grief, / And run to meet what he would most avoid?
  • She insisted on doing her share of the offices needful to the sick. She arranged his bed so that it was possible to change the sheet without disturbing him. She washed him. [...] She did not speak to him much, but she was quick to forestall his wants.
  • All the better; may / This night forestall him of the coming day!

Böjningsformer

PerfektparticipforestalledImperfektforestalled
PresensparticipforestallingPluralforestalls
Tredje person singular indicativ presensforestallsTredje person singular indicativ presensforestalleth

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