forestalln.
/ˈfɔːstɔːl/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌstɔl/, /ˈfɔrˌstɑl/ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal power > [noun] > specific local rights of jurisdiction
wergildthiefc690
forestallc1000
infangthief1020
outfangthieflOE
infangc1550
outfangc1550
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > waylaying on highway
forestallc1000
c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 242 Ða Iudeiscan ealdras..smeadon hu hi Hælend Crist acwellan mihton; ondredon him swa-ðeah þæs folces foresteall.
c1000 Laws of Æthelred (Schmid) v. §31 Gif hwa forsteal oððon openne wiðer~cwyde ongean lah-riht Cristes oððe cyninges ahwar gewyrce.
c1155 Charter Hen. II in Anglia (1884) VII. 220 Grithbriches & hamsocne & forstalles, & infangenes thiafes.
c1250 Gloss. Law Terms in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 33 Forstal, ki autri force desturbe.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 75 Who granted unto them all Regall liberties, except foure Pleas, namely, of Burning, Rape, Forstall, and Treasure Trouue.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 350 Quite and quiet from all custome, beside for Robbery, peace-breach and Foristell.
2. Something situated or placed in front.† a. ? gen. Obsolete. rare.† b. The front part (of a cart). Obsolete.
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the world > space > relative position > front > [noun] > placing or being placed in front > something placed in front
forestall1556
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxv. 83 Without trenching or such defensife forstalles, Ordnance they ley, to batter that castell walles.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > wheels and axles > front
fore-carriage1549
forestall1598
1598 R. Hakluyt tr. W. de Rubruquis in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 95 The house was vpon the carte..A fellow stood in the doore of the house, vpon the forestall of the carte driuing forth the oxen.
c. The space in front of a farm-house, or the approach to it from the road. dialect only.
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1661 Aylesford Par. Reg. in Notes & Queries 8th Ser. V. 244 Henry Gorham and John Allen..going into ye River at Jerman's fforstall to wash themselves..were both drowned.
1674 J. Ray S. & E. Country Words A Fostal forte Forestal: A way leading from the high way to a great House.
c1736 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms (1876) Forstal..a green place before an house; but otherwise I have known that part of a farmer's yard lying just before the door call'd the forstal.
1836 W. D. Cooper Gloss. Provinc. Sussex 19 Fostal [corruption of Forestall], a paddock near a farm-house, or a way leading thereto.
3. A (horse's) frontlet. Cf. headstall n.1
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > head > parts of head or face
forestall1519
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xix. f. 170v The forstall [L. frontalia] is full of gylte bollyons.
1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur 117 A bridle with a forestall of gold.
4. In the writings of Gerard Manley Hopkins (see quots.).
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c1883 G. M. Hopkins Serm. (1959) ii. iii. 150 The..act (of consenting to grace) is really necessary... But if after this we are left to ourselves for a leisurely and deliberate avowal or disavowal of this ‘forestall’ (as I shall call it), [etc.].
c1883 G. M. Hopkins Serm. (1959) ii. iii. 155 Remark that prayer understood in this sense, this sigh or aspiration or stirring of the spirit towards God, is a forestall of the thing to be done, as on the other side grace prevenient is God's forestall of the same.
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forestallv.
/(ˌ)fɔːˈstɔːl/, U.S. /fɔrˈstɔl/, /fɔrˈstɑl/ a. To lie in wait for, intercept, cut off (a person or animal). Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > lie in wait for
keepc1000
waitc1200
aspya1250
awaita1250
wait onc1390
to wait on ——1390
forestall1413
belay1470
to lay fora1513
waylay1513
forelay1548
ambush1555
counterwait1562
to lie for1611
set1670
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > by interception
fore-rideOE
blind1303
to cut off1569
forestall1570
intercept1662
interdict1984
1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) i. xvii. 18 He hath..greuously pursued in al that he couthe or myght ley for me in a wayte, and forstallyd in weyes.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Aivv/2 To Forestall, intercipere.
1677 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 2) i. 52 Which is seldom hunted at force or with Hounds, but onely drawn after with a Bloodhound, and forestall'd with Nets and Engines.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Forestalling, is particularly us'd in Crompton, for stopping a Deer broken out of the Forest, and preventing its returning home again.
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the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > appropriate
ownOE
rimec1275
takec1300
appropre1366
to keep, take to or for one's own storec1385
to get awayc1480
proper1496
apprehenda1522
impropry1526
impropriate1567
carve1578
forestall1581
appropriate1583
propriate1587
pocket1597
impatronize1611
propertya1616
asself1632
appropriatea1634
swallow1637
to swallow up1654
sink1699
poucha1774
spheterize1779
sack1807
fob1818
to look back to1822
mop1861
annex1865
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. 163 To supplant the learned, and forstaull away their liuinges.
1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. xvii. 337 The Gentrie..forestall'd the publicke reuenewes [L. interceptis vectigalibus].
2. absolute.14.. Chalmerlain Ayr i, in Sc. Stat. I All þe names of þe furth duelland forstallaris of þe forsaid burgh byand and selland forstalland.1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Div Suffer not thies ryche men to bye up all, to ingrosse and forstalle. [See also forestalling n.]figurative and in extended use.1716 J. Arbuthnot To Mayor & Aldermen City of London: Humble Petition 1 To Confine, Forestall, and Monopolize the Beams of the Sun.1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals ii. i I am not my own property; my dear Lydia has forestalled me.figurative.1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. vii. 121 Philip thinking to forestall the market of honour, and take up all for himself, hasted presently to Ptolemais.
a. To intercept (goods, etc.) before they reach the public markets; to buy (them) up privately with a view to enhance the price: in former days an indictable offence. Obsolete exc. Historical.
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society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > trade illegally or immorally [verb (intransitive)] > buy up goods before they reach market
forestall14..
society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > trade in (goods) illegally or immorally [verb (transitive)] > buy up (goods) for resale or monopoly
engrossa1400
forestall14..
grossc1440
regrate1444
badge1552
to engross the market1804
pinhook1885
1353 Act 27 Edw. III i. c. 5 Que nul Marchant Engleis nengrosse ne forstalle vins en Gascoigne.]
1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 374 That they forstalle no fysshe by the wey.
1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Djv Take ship betyme, leste sum forestal, And bye vp all this good.
1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. G3v First I alledge against the Grasier, that he forestalleth pastures and medow grounds, for the feeding of his cattell.
b. To anticipate or prevent sales at (a fair, market) by buying up or selling goods beforehand or by dissuading persons from bringing in their goods. †to forestall the burgh: (Scottish) to make a profit out of the inhabitants by such practices (obsolete).
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society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > trade in (goods) illegally or immorally [verb (transitive)] > buy up (goods) for resale or monopoly > buy up to prevent sales at (market)
forestall1362
stall1474
engross1872
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. iv. 43 He..Forstalleþ my Feire. Fihteþ in my chepynges.
1550 T. Lever Serm. Thyrd Sondaye in Lente (new ed.) sig. E.v As couetous Carles do here in England forstall the markets.
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 148 Quha forestalles the said burgh, be buying and selling.
1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 158 The offence of forestalling the market is also an offence against public trade.
1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. v. 86 'Tis thus he always forestalls the market.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close by obstruction or block up > block the way or a passage
forsetc900
withseta1300
stop13..
speara1325
withsperre1330
to stop one's way1338
shut1362
forbara1375
beseta1400
stopc1400
precludea1513
interclude1526
to shut up1526
forestall1528
fence1535
hedge1535
quar1542
foreclose1548
forestop1566
to flounder up1576
obstruct1578
bar1590
retrench1590
to shut the door in (also upon) (a person's) face1596
barricade1606
barricado1611
thwartc1630
blocka1644
overthwart1654
rebarricado1655
to choke up1673
blockade1696
embarrass1735
snow1816
roadblock1950
1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xixv The tenaunt..encountreth hym & forstalleth hym the way with force & armes.
1535 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 131 Gwent and others..stode at ye dore and forestalled ye houses wth swordes drawen, and thretned me.
1588 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (new ed.) ii. iv. 155 If a disseisor of a house, or Land, shall forestall the way of the disseisee (with force and armes).
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. xxxvi. 358/1 The..Inhabitants..begirt them about with their hoast, and forestalled the passages of all supply of victuals.
4. † b. To bar or deprive (a person) by previous action from, of, out of (a thing). Obsolete.
a. Hence gen. To hinder, obstruct, or prevent by anticipation. Now rare; cf. 5.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)]
forbidc1000
forrunc1275
forbar1303
before-comec1384
withstanda1400
withholdc1400
prevenec1485
supprime1490
interrupt1497
resist?a1513
prevent1522
discourage1528
prohibit1531
stop1534
forleta1555
bar1559
to bar by and main1567
disbar1567
to cut off1576
embar1577
forestall1579
obvent1588
cancel1594
waylay1625
suppress1651
antevene1655
arceate1657
exarceate1657
interpel1722
stump1858
estop1876
plug1887
pre-empt1957
deter1961
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 273 I you pray, With your ayd to forstall my neere decay.
1614 S. Latham Falconry ii. xvi. 109 Garlicke and wormewood shall forstall and correct them.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 1024 God Hath wiselier arm'd his vengeful ire then so To be forestall'd . View more context for this quotation
1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. viii. 146 You must not forestall the Truth by any of these false suppositions.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 160 This has frequently occasioned offenders..to begin a suit, in order to forestall and prevent other actions.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. iv. 443 That he should not forestall the wishes of his allies, by the precipitate conclusion of a peace.
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. viii. 98 Endeavours to forestal a free election by papers, in the nature of warrants.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > from the attainment of something
warna1240
reject1533
forestall1577
disafford1609
shorten1837
1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 37/2 in Chron. I Purposing..to forestall the Romains from vitayles.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Sept. 231 With heede and watchfullnesse, Forstallen hem of their wilinesse.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. v. 69 May This night fore-stall him of the comming day. View more context for this quotation
1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. i. 3 Who would have murthered him in his..Cradle to forestall him of the Crowne of England?
1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. iii. 10 King James..thought it stood not with his honour to be forestalled out of his owne Realme.
a. To pre-occupy, secure beforehand; also, to influence beforehand, prejudice. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > occupy militarily
seize1338
occupya1382
forestall?1571
detain1632
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > judge with prejudice [verb (transitive)] > cause prejudice in
prevent1551
forestall?1571
bias1581
preoccupate1582
prejudicate1602
prejudice1610
pre-engage1646
prepossess1647
preoccupya1658
tamper1687
?1571 tr. G. Buchanan Detectioun Marie Quene of Scottes sig. Kij The mindis of maist pairt of men weir..forestallit wyth rewardis.
1600 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 193 Suffered the fit places..to be forestalled and taken up by the Britons of Saint Malo.
1619 E. M. Bolton in tr. Florus Rom. Hist. Ep. Ded. sig. A2 Seeing the glorie of a great Historian forestall'd by Liuie.
1635 R. Sibbes Soules Conflict xiii. §3. 193 The Jewes..were fore-stalled with vaine imaginations against sound repentance.
1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature 3 Most men will be forestall'd with no mean prejudices against so venturous an Attempt.
b. To pre-occupy the place of.
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the mind > possession > have or possess [verb (transitive)] > pre-occupy the position of
forestall1877
1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ II. liv. 383 An unworthy attempt to forestal them in their Master's favour.
6. To be beforehand with in action; to anticipate the action of, or simply, to anticipate; often with the additional sense of rendering ineffective, nugatory, or useless. (The chief current sense.)
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the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > precede or come before [verb (transitive)] > anticipate or forestall
before-takea1382
preventc1425
devance1485
prevenea1500
lurch1530
to take before the bounda1556
to be aforehand with1570
to be beforehand with1574
to meet halfwaya1586
preoccupate1588
forestall1589
fore-run1591
surprise1591
antedate1595
foreprise1597
preoccupy1607
preoccupy1638
pre-act1655
anticipatea1682
obviate1712
to head off1841
beat1847
to beat out1893
pre-empt1957
1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. G Well did you forestall my exception.
c1592 Faire Em sig. B2v Then hye thee Manuile to forestall such foes.
1681 J. Oldham Satyrs upon Jesuits 18 Let your deeds forestall intent, Forestall even wishes.
1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 43 And this he did to forestal any tidings. View more context for this quotation
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 363. ¶19. In Milton the former part of the Description does not forestall the latter.
1732 D. Waterland Wks. X. 464 I shall not forestall your own thoughts.
1751 C. Labelye Descr. Westm. Bridge 97 I will not forestall the Readers in the Pleasure of pronouncing the Result.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth viii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 219 I will teach him to forestall my sport!
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 293 Micah forestalls our Lord's words, I am the good Shepherd, in his description of the Messiah.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. ii. 91 Whatever they were going to say the ladies forestalled.
1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. ii. 52 He forestalled our own age in sending expeditions to explore the Northern Ocean.
7. † b. To place in the fore-front, bring forward.
a. To think of, deal with, or introduce before the appropriate or due time; ‘to meet’ (misfortune, etc.) ‘halfway’.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [verb (transitive)] > observe before the due date
anticipate1534
forestall1637
1637 J. Milton Comus 13 What need a man forestall his date of griefe.
1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xviii. 183 His boding mind the future woe forestalls.
1786 J. H. Tooke Επεα Πτεροεντα vii. 140 In order to explain it, I must forestall something of what I had to say concerning Conjunctions.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth x, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 253 Dorothy, whose talents for forestalling evil..are known to the reader.
1862 E. M. Goulburn Thoughts Personal Relig. (1873) iii. vi. 213 I cannot help so far forestalling this part of the subject.
a1871 G. Grote Fragm. Ethical Subj. (1876) iv. 109 There is no inclination to forestall his wants.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > attach importance to > render outstanding
aggravate1549
accent1595
to lay weight upon1600
emphase1631
circumflect1643
to lay (also place, put) stress on (also upon)1653
to set home1656
forestall1657
circumflex1661
signalize1698
to lay stress, weight, emphasis on or upon1748
emphasize1793
accentuate1817
stress1845
to rub in1851
to draw out1855
underline1880
punctuate1883
peak1887
underscore1891
to point up1926
1657 tr. A. Thevet Prosopographia 42 in T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (new ed.) To prove his [sc. Charlemain's] said Ambition, the said Writers do usually forestall two of his Actions.
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