Both Uses of
forestall
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- And what's in prayer but this twofold force,— To be forestalled ere we come to fall, Or pardon'd being down?†
Scene 3.3 *
- If your mind dislike anything, obey it: I will forestall their repair hither, and say you are not fit.†
Scene 5.2
Definition:
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(forestall) to prevent something by taking action