单词 | forestalment |
释义 | forestalmentn. The action of forestalling in various senses; an instance of this. a. Law. Hindering from entry on land, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > deprivation of movement > by hindering or obstructing passage forestallinga1387 intercipation1570 intercluding1592 obstructiona1616 interception1624 forestalment1628 cohibition1882 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 162 a A forestallment with such a menace [of death or mutilation] is a disseisin. b. Buying up goods beforehand. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > [noun] > buying up goods for resale or monopoly regrateryc1400 regratinga1450 engrossing?1542 forestalling1548 engrossment1598 coemption1625 abbrochment1670 forestalment1861 switch dealing1957 switch deal1973 1861 H. T. Riley tr. Liber Albus 172 A fine exacted for the Forestalment of cloths. c. Anticipation in general; †prejudice. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > [noun] forejudging1571 preoccupation1572 prejudicateness1603 prejudicacy1608 forestalment1611 prepossession1638 anticipation1640 prejudice1643 biasedness1667 prevention1671 engagement1689 prejudgement1799 strabismus1844 parti pris1860 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > anticipation, forecast > [noun] forecastinga1529 foreguessing1548 prevening1557 prejudice1560 prolepsis1578 foredeeming1587 forestalment1611 forestalling1641 forethought1653 anticipation1711 pre-empting1857 precasting1863 second-guessing1946 the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] > anticipation preventing1530 preoccupation1552 anticipation1553 antedate1573 prolepsis1578 forestalment1611 forestalling1641 precourse1678 pre-echo1781 pre-empting1857 previousness1881 proaction1953 proactivity1965 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Anticipation..forestallment. 1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 257 One dram of prejudice, or forestalment turnes the scales. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. Concl. 187 Which..rash censure and forestallment of their endevours, does not [etc.]. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. iv. 87 The canonisation of men..professes to be a forestalment..of the final judgment. 1882 T. Hardy Two on Tower II. v. 85 He had learnt the fatal forestallment of his stellar discovery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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