forestall
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Verb — To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
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Etymology
From Middle English forestallen (“to forestall, intercept, ambush, way-lay”), from forestalle (“a forestalling, interception”), from Old English foresteall (“intervention, hindrance of justice, ambush”), from fore- (“ahead of, before”) + steall (“position”), equivalent to fore- + stall.
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