Both Uses
forestall
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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- And what's in prayer but this twofold force,
To be forestalled ere we come to fall,
Or pardoned being down?†p. 165.7 *forestalled = prevented something by taking action - I will forestall their repair hither and say you are not fit.†
p. 271.9forestall = prevent something by taking action
Definitions:
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(1)
(forestall) to prevent or delay something by taking action
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)