Vocabulary : Forespeaking to Forestalled

Forespeaking : A prediction; also, a preface.
Forespeech : A preface.
Forespent : Already spent; gone by; past. ;; See Forspent.
Forespurrer : One who rides before; a harbinger.
Forest : An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated. ;; A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own. ;; Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan. ;; To cover with trees or wood.

Forestaff : An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross-staff.
Forestage : A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters. ;; A service paid by foresters to the king.
Forestal : Of or pertaining to forests; as, forestal rights.
Forestall : To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate. ;; 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. ;; To deprive; -- with of. ;; 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.
Forestalled : of Forestall

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