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Syn. -- To anticipate; monopolize; engross.

Fore*stall"er (?), n. One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market. Locke.

Fore"stay` (?), n. (Naut.) A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship.

For"est*er (?), n. [F. forestier, LL. forestarius.] 1. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.

2. An inhabitant of a forest. Wordsworth.

3. A forest tree. [R.] Evelyn.

4. (Zoˆl.) A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester (A. octomaculata), which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine.

Fore"stick` (?), n. Front stick of a hearth fire.

For"est*ry (?), n. [Cf. OF. foresterie.] The art of forming or of cultivating forests; the management of growing timber.

{ Fore"swart` (?), Fore"swart` (?), } a. [Obs.] See Forswat.

Fore"taste` (?), n. A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.

Fore*taste" (?), v. t. 1. To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of; to anticipate.

2. To taste before another. "Foretasted fruit." Milton.

Fore"tast`er (? or ?), n. One who tastes beforehand, or before another.

Fore*teach" (?), v. t. To teach beforehand. [Obs.]

Fore*tell" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foretold (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Foretelling.] To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow.

Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold.

Pope.

Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster of his character.

C. Middleton.

Syn. -- To predict; prophesy; prognosticate; augur.

Fore*tell", v. i. To utter predictions. Acts iii. 24.

Fore*tell"er (?), n. One who predicts. Boyle.

Fore*think" (?), v. t. 1. To think beforehand; to anticipate in the mind; to prognosticate. [Obs.]

The soul of every man Prophetically doth forethink thy fall.

Shak.

2. To contrive (something) beforehend. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Fore*think", v. i. To contrive beforehand. [Obs.]