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Forestaller
Forestaller Fore*stall"er, n. One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market. --Locke.
To forestall the market
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.

Meaning of Forestall from wikipedia

- Engrossing, forestalling and regrating were marketing offences in English, Welsh and Irish common law. The terms were used to describe unacceptable methods...
- Caledonians in 197, but permanent conquest of the whole of Great Britain was forestalled by Roman forces becoming bogged down in punishing guerrilla warfare and...
- that[harm] have [I], mid(with) God's support, afore(previously) forefangen(forestalled) that to you never henceforth thence none unfrith(breach of peace) ne...
- such rebellion existed. M**** deportation was intended to permanently forestall the possibility of Armenian autonomy or independence. On 24 April 1915...
- began to settle permanently in 1826 when Albany was claimed by Britain to forestall French claims to the western third of the continent. Perth was founded...
- USS Forrestal (CVA-59) (later CV-59, then AVT-59), was a supercarrier named after the first United States Secretary of Defense James Forrestal. Commissioned...
- southwest flank would mitigate that threat. The Royal Navy also wanted to forestall the threat of a powerful Imperial Russian Navy.[page range too broad]...
- levels of atrocities on both sides. Colonial military authorities tried to forestall a war against the po****tion by means of a 'strategy of awe'. When a guerrilla...
- a conquest of the Low Countries with the shortest possible notice, to forestall the French, and prevent Allied air power from threatening the strategic...
- profits and as once-explosive growth in web revenue has leveled off, forestalling what the industry hoped would become an important source of revenue....