ppl. a. [f. FORESTALL v. + -ED1.] In senses of the vb.; bespoken, or taken beforehand; anticipated; prejudiced.
1543. Act 25 Edw. III., III. c. 3. The thinges forstalled shalbe forfeyt to the kynge.
1590. Spenser, F. Q., II. iv. 39.
When he in presence came, to Guyon first | |
He boldly spake, Sir knight, if knight thou bee, | |
Abandon this forestalled place at erst, | |
For feare of further harme, I counsell thee. |
1642. Rogers, Naaman, 99. His prejudicate and forestalled heart.
1872. W. R. Greg, Enigmas (1873), 124. Those whose physical and mental energies have been sapped, and whose charaters have been greviously impaired, by long indulgence and forestalled desires.