forestall (v.) Old form(s): Fore-stall , fore-stalled
prevent, stop, intercept, waylay
Ham III.iii.49[Claudius alone] To be forestalled ere we come to fall
LLL V.ii.473[Berowne to Boyet] And might not you / Forestall our sport
TC I.iii.199[Ulysses to all, of Achilles and Ajax] They ... / Forestall prescience, and esteem no act / But that of hand
TC IV.v.230[Achilles to Ulysses] I shall forestall thee
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