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 *forestalled = prevented something by taking action
- If your mind dislike anything, obey it: I will forestall their repair hither, and say you are not fit.†
Scene 5.2forestall = prevent something by taking action
Definition:
to prevent something by taking action