What does the world forestall mean as used in paragraph 6

  

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1. 

to delay, stop, or guard against beforehand

2. 

to anticipate

 

a. 

to prevent or hinder sales at (a market, etc) by buying up merchandise in advance, etc

b. 

to buy up (merchandise) for profitable resale

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