forestall
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Had I not better Forestall the stormy onset of the flood, Myself to—ah!
From Boris Godunov: a drama in verse by Hayes, Alfred
Forestall them on the strand, Now, while they totter, while the foot's faint hold 334 Slips on the shelving beach.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
Forestall, fōr-stawl′, v.t. to buy up the whole stock of goods before they are brought to market, so as to sell again at higher prices: to anticipate.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Forestall their market: that is, to buy things before they arrived at the market, so as to sell them at a higher price.
From The History of London by Besant, Walter, Sir
They tax our policy and call it cowardice, Count wisdom as no member of the war, Forestall prescience, and esteem no act But that of hand.
From Troilus and Cressida by Shakespeare, William
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