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Forestalling

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who forestalls.
  2. 2
    the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of forestall form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From forestall + -ing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English forstallyng, forstallynge, equivalent to forestall + -ing.

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