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| | forestall | (ฟอร์สทอล') vt. ป้องกัน, ขัดขวาง, ยับยั้ง, ชิงทำก่อน, ดักหน้า, See also: forestaller n. forestallment n., Syn. predict |
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| | forestall | (vt) เป็นต่อ, ขึ้นหน้า, ดักหน้า, ขัดขวาง, ยับยั้ง |
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| | | | ดักหน้า | (v) forestall, See also: bar, obstruct, hinder, prevent, Example: ฉันต้องไปดักหน้าเขาไว้ก่อน เพื่อบอกความจริงกับเขา, Thai Definition: คอยสกัดกั้นหรือคอยจับอยู่ก่อนแล้ว | | ดักคอ | (v) forestall, See also: impede, preclude, obviate, intercept, obstruct, Syn. รู้ทัน, ดักหน้า, Example: พี่ชายดักคอน้องสาวเรื่องการไปเที่ยวเขาใหญ่, Thai Definition: พูดสกัดหรือกันไว้ล่วงหน้า |
| | ช่วงชิง | [chūangching] (v) EN: forestall ; steal a march on | | ดักหน้า | [dak nā] (v, exp) EN: forestall |
| | | | 先手 | [せんて, sente] (n) (1) the first move; forestalling; initiative; (2) black player (shogi); (P) #18,456 [Add to Longdo] | | して遣られる | [してやられる, shiteyarareru] (exp, v1) (uk) (See して遣る) to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted [Add to Longdo] | | 機先 | [きせん, kisen] (n) forestall [Add to Longdo] | | 機先を制する | [きせんをせいする, kisenwoseisuru] (exp, vs-s) to beat someone to the punch; to have the drop; to forestall [Add to Longdo] | | 後手に回る;後手にまわる | [ごてにまわる, gotenimawaru] (exp, v5r) to be forestalled; to fall behind [Add to Longdo] | | 出し抜く | [だしぬく, dashinuku] (v5k, vt) to forestall; to anticipate; to jump the gun on; to outwit; to circumvent; to steal a march on [Add to Longdo] | | 先を越す | [さきをこす;せんをこす, sakiwokosu ; senwokosu] (exp, v5s) to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch [Add to Longdo] | | 先んじる | [さきんじる, sakinjiru] (v1, vi) to precede; to forestall; to anticipate [Add to Longdo] | | 先んずる | [さきんずる, sakinzuru] (vz, vi) (See 先んじる, 先んずれば人を制す) to go before; to precede; to forestall; to anticipate [Add to Longdo] | | 先回り | [さきまわり, sakimawari] (n, vs) going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another [Add to Longdo] |
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Forestall \Fore*stall"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forestalled}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Forestalling}.] [OE. forstallen to stop, to
obstruct; to stop (goods) on the way to the market by buying
them beforehand, from forstal obstruction, AS. forsteal,
foresteall, prop., a placing one's self before another. See
{Fore}, and {Stall}.]
1. To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.
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What need a man forestall his date of grief,
And run to meet what he would most avoid? --Milton.
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2. To take possession of, in advance of some one or something
else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get
ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or
prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in
advance.
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An ugly serpent which forestalled their way.
--Fairfax.
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But evermore those damsels did forestall
Their furious encounter. --Spenser.
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To be forestalled ere we come to fall. --Shak.
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Habit is a forestalled and obstinate judge. --Rush.
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3. To deprive; -- with of. [R.]
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All the better; may
This night forestall him of the coming day! --Shak.
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4. (Eng. Law) To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the
passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods
on the way to market.
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{To forestall the market}, to buy or contract for merchandise
or provision on its way to market, with the intention of
selling it again at a higher price; to dissuade persons
from bringing their goods or provisions there; or to
persuade them to enhance the price when there. This was an
offense at law in England until 1844. --Burrill.
Syn: To anticipate; monopolize; engross.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forestall
v 1: keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense
of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the
projects precludes your involvement in the competitive
project" [syn: {prevent}, {forestall}, {foreclose},
{preclude}, {forbid}]
2: act in advance of; deal with ahead of time [syn:
{anticipate}, {foresee}, {forestall}, {counter}]
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