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forestalling
▪ I. forestalling, vbl. n. (fɔəˈstɔːlɪŋ) [f. forestall v. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. forestall. † 1. The action of obstructing a person in the highway or a deer on its way back to the forest.1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 95 Forstallynge, wrong oþer let i-doo in þe kynges hiȝe weie. 1544 tr. L... Oxford English Dictionary
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Engrossing (law)
Forestalling Blackstone says that this was a common law offence. The laws provided for heavy penalties against forestalling. wikipedia.org
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PREVENTING Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster
Synonyms for PREVENTING: averting, precluding, avoiding, forestalling, helping, obviating, escaping, providing; Antonyms of PREVENTING: assisting, aiding ...
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PREVENT 释义 | 柯林斯英语词典 - Collins Online Dictionary
prevent, hamper, hinder, impede refer to different degrees of stoppage of action or progress. To prevent is to stop something effectually by forestalling action and rendering it impossible: to prevent the sending of a message. To hamper is to clog or entangle or put an embarrassing restraint upon: to hamper preparations for a trip.
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Badger (occupation)
These prescribed penalties against the offences of engrossing (speculative accumulation), forestalling (buying produce before it was offered in market) The legislation was repealed in 1772, but forestalling remained a common law offence until 1844. wikipedia.org
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regrating
regrating, vbl. n. (rɪˈgreɪtɪŋ) [f. regrate v.2 + -ing1.] The action of the vb.a 1550 Vox Populi 41 in Hazl. E.P.P. III. 269 Suche and suche, That of late are made riche,..By grasyng and regratinge. 1596 Spenser State Irel. Wks. (Globe) 681/2 By such engrossing and regrating we see the dearthe that ... Oxford English Dictionary
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anticipating
anˈticipating, ppl. a. [f. anticipate v. + -ing2.] Taking, apprehending, or occurring beforehand; forestalling.1611 Cotgr., Anticipant, anticipating, preventing, forestalling. 1711 Shaftesbury Charact. (1737) III. 389 This natural Apprehension, or anticipating Sense of Unity. 1825 Carlyle Schiller i... Oxford English Dictionary
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Reawakening of Egypt
After an appeal was turned down by Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court, the alliance withdrew all of its lists, forestalling their inevitable rejection wikipedia.org
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abbrochment
† aˈbbrochment Obs. Also abrochement. [A Dictionary rendering of med.L. abrocamentum, used in the Acts of Parlt. of Edw. III., and formed apparently on the stem of brok-er, brok-age.]1672 T. Manley Interpreter, Abbrochment (abbrocamentum) is a forestalling of a market or fair, by buying up the wares... Oxford English Dictionary
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Operation Matador (1941)
The primary strategic decision to be decided upon, was whether a forestalling move should be launched on Siam before the Japanese landed. meeting with the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, and the C-in-C Brooke-Popham, the General Officer Commanding Malaya Arthur Percival recommended that such a forestalling wikipedia.org
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badgering
ˈbadgering, vbl. n. [f. as prec. + -ing1.] 1. Persistent worrying, persecution.1796 Burke Let. to Lawrence 16 Dec., He would rather be defeated on the Rhine or Po than suffer a badgering every day in the House of Commons. 1840 Dickens Barn. Rudge (1866) I. xiii. 59 The constant badgering and worryin... Oxford English Dictionary
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Alexander Zach
Although his party did not run the elections of 2006, Zach was given a seat on the SPÖ as a result of an alliance whose aim was forestalling another term wikipedia.org
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HMS Pegasus (1878)
Occupation of Port Hamilton With a view to forestalling Russian intentions, on 16 April 1885 Pegasus, Agamemnon and Firebrand occupied Port Hamilton, a wikipedia.org
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"Syrian Campaign, 1941: Part 1; Forestalling the Germans; air battles over S. Lebanon". Air Pictorial, July 1970. pp. 242–247. wikipedia.org
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Samuel Ferrand Waddington
In 1800, he was brought to trial for forestalling hops, having purchased a large number of hop-grounds to control the price of their production. Goldbeck, London, 1806 Letter to Thomas Erskine on the Subject of Forestalling Hops, London, 1799 An Appeal to British Hop Planters, London, 1805 The wikipedia.org
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