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forestalling

Today it means: The act of one who forestalls. Full definition →

Middle English forstallyng

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forestalling · verb¹

From forestall + -ing.

forestalling · noun²

Middle English · inherited fromforstallyng
English todayforestalling

From Middle English forstallyng, forstallynge, equivalent to forestall + -ing.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.