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slovo definícia O for (gcide) For \For\, prep. [AS. for, fore; akin to OS. for, fora, furi, D. voor, OHG. fora, G. vor, OHG. furi, G. f["u]r, Icel. fyrir, Sw. f["o]r, Dan. for, adv. f["o]r, Goth. fa['u]r, fa['u]ra, L. pro, Gr. ?, Skr. pra-. [root] 202. Cf. Fore, First, Foremost, Forth, Pro-.] In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place. [1913 Webster] 1. Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action; the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of which a thing is or is done. [1913 Webster] With fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath. --Shak. [1913 Webster] How to choose dogs for scent or speed. --Waller. [1913 Webster] Now, for so many glorious actions done, For peace at home, and for the public wealth, I mean to crown a bowl for C[ae]sar's health. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] That which we, for our unworthiness, are afraid to crave, our prayer is, that God, for the worthiness of his Son, would, notwithstanding, vouchsafe to grant. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the end or final cause with reference to which anything is, acts, serves, or is done. [1913 Webster] The oak for nothing ill, The osier good for twigs, the poplar for the mill. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] It was young counsel for the persons, and violent counsel for the matters. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Shall I think the worls was made for one, And men are born for kings, as beasts for men, Not for protection, but to be devoured? --Dryden. [1913 Webster] For he writes not for money, nor for praise. --Denham. [1913 Webster] 3. Indicating that in favor of which, or in promoting which, anything is, or is done; hence, in behalf of; in favor of; on the side of; -- opposed to against. [1913 Webster] We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. --2 Cor. xiii. 8. [1913 Webster] It is for the general good of human society, and consequently of particular persons, to be true and just; and it is for men's health to be temperate. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster] Aristotle is for poetical justice. --Dennis. [1913 Webster] 4. Indicating that toward which the action of anything is directed, or the point toward which motion is made; ?ntending to go to. [1913 Webster] We sailed from Peru for China and Japan. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 5. Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an equivalent, a compensation, or the like, is offered or made; instead of, or place of. [1913 Webster] And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. --Ex. xxi. 23, 24. [1913 Webster] 6. Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being. [1913 Webster] We take a falling meteor for a star. --Cowley. [1913 Webster] If a man can be fully assured of anything for a truth, without having examined, what is there that he may not embrace for tru?? --Locke. [1913 Webster] Most of our ingenious young men take up some cried-up English poet for their model. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] But let her go for an ungrateful woman. --Philips. [1913 Webster] 7. Indicating that instead of which something else controls in the performing of an action, or that in spite of which anything is done, occurs, or is; hence, equivalent to notwithstanding, in spite of; -- generally followed by all, aught, anything, etc. [1913 Webster] The writer will do what she please for all me. --Spectator. [1913 Webster] God's desertion shall, for aught he knows, the next minute supervene. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] For anything that legally appears to the contrary, it may be a contrivance to fright us. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 8. Indicating the space or time through which an action or state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or time of. [1913 Webster] For many miles about There 's scarce a bush. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Since, hired for life, thy servile muse sing. --prior. [1913 Webster] To guide the sun's bright chariot for a day. --Garth. [1913 Webster] 9. Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] We 'll have a bib, for spoiling of thy doublet. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] For, or As for, so far as concerns; as regards; with reference to; -- used parenthetically or independently. See under As. [1913 Webster] As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. --Josh. xxiv. 15. [1913 Webster] For me, my stormy voyage at an end, I to the port of death securely tend. --Dryden. For all that, notwithstanding; in spite of. For all the world, wholly; exactly. "Whose posy was, for all the world, like cutlers' poetry." --Shak. For as much as, or Forasmuch as, in consideration that; seeing that; since. For by. See Forby, adv. For ever, eternally; at all times. See Forever. For me, or For all me, as far as regards me. For my life, or For the life of me, if my life depended on it. [Colloq.] --T. Hook. For that, For the reason that, because; since. [Obs.] "For that I love your daughter." --Shak. For thy, or Forthy [AS. for[eth][=y].], for this; on this account. [Obs.] "Thomalin, have no care for thy." --Spenser. For to, as sign of infinitive, in order to; to the end of. [Obs., except as sometimes heard in illiterate speech.] -- "What went ye out for to see?" --Luke vii. 25. See To, prep., 4. O for, would that I had; may there be granted; -- elliptically expressing desire or prayer. "O for a muse of fire." --Shak. Were it not for, or If it were not for, leaving out of account; but for the presence or action of. "Moral consideration can no way move the sensible appetite, were it not for the will." --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]

podobné slovo definícia go for (mass) go for - napadnúť go forward (mass) go forward - postúpiť polo formálny (msas) polo formálny - semi-formal polo formalny (msasasci) polo formalny - semi-formal go for (encz) go for,napadnout v: Zdeněk Brožgo for,stát za n: Zdeněk Brožgo for,usilovat o Zdeněk Brož go for a spin (encz) go for a spin, go for a walk (encz) go for a walk,jít na vycházku [fráz.] Pino go for broke (encz) go for broke,dát do toho všechno [fráz.] úsilí, prostředky ap., riskovat Pinogo for broke,hrát vabank [fráz.] Pinogo for broke,vsadit všechno [fráz.] Pino go for it (encz) go for it, go for the jugular (encz) go for the jugular,jít po krku [fráz.] Rostislav Svoboda go forth (encz) go forth, v: go forward (encz) go forward,dělat pokroky Zdeněk Brožgo forward,jít kupředu Zdeněk Brožgo forward,pohnout se Zdeněk Brožgo forward,pokročit v: Zdeněk Brožgo forward,postoupit v: Zdeněk Brož of no force (encz) of no force,nezávazný adj: Zdeněk Brož pro forma (encz) pro forma, two for one (encz) two for one, dostat se znovu do formy (czen) dostat se znovu do formy,get back to track[fráz.] Pino jako formalita (czen) jako formalita,proforman: Zdeněk Brož jitrnice lisovaná do formy (czen) jitrnice lisovaná do formy,scrapplen: Jakub Kalousek litý do formy (czen) litý do formy,moulded Zdeněk Brož lít pod tlakem do formy (czen) lít pod tlakem do formy,die-cast Zdeněk Brož nakoupit do foroty (czen) nakoupit do foroty,lay in[frsl.] Pinonakoupit do foroty,stock up on[frsl.] co Pinonakoupit do foroty,stock up with[frsl.] co Pinonakoupit do foroty,stockpilev: Pino velkého formátu (czen) velkého formátu,big time Pino zalití do formy (czen) zalití do formy,pottingn: Zdeněk Brož Amido formic acid (gcide) Formic \For"mic\, a. [L. formica an ant: cf. F. formique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, ants; as, formic acid; in an extended sense, pertaining to, or derived from, formic acid; as, formic ether. [1913 Webster] Amido formic acid, carbamic acid. Formic acid, a colorless, mobile liquid, HCO.OH, of a sharp, acid taste, occurring naturally in ants, nettles, pine needles, etc., and produced artifically in many ways, as by the oxidation of methyl alcohol, by the reduction of carbonic acid or the destructive distillation of oxalic acid. It is the first member of the fatty acids in the paraffin series, and is homologous with acetic acid. [1913 Webster]Carbamic \Car*bam"ic\ (k[aum]r*b[a^]m"[i^]k), a. [Carbon + amido.] (Chem.) Pertaining to an acid so called. [1913 Webster] Carbamic acid (Chem.), an amido acid, H2N.CO2.H, not existing in the free state, but occurring as a salt of ammonium in commercial ammonium carbonate; -- called also amido formic acid. [1913 Webster] amido formic acid (gcide) Formic \For"mic\, a. [L. formica an ant: cf. F. formique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, ants; as, formic acid; in an extended sense, pertaining to, or derived from, formic acid; as, formic ether. [1913 Webster] Amido formic acid, carbamic acid. Formic acid, a colorless, mobile liquid, HCO.OH, of a sharp, acid taste, occurring naturally in ants, nettles, pine needles, etc., and produced artifically in many ways, as by the oxidation of methyl alcohol, by the reduction of carbonic acid or the destructive distillation of oxalic acid. It is the first member of the fatty acids in the paraffin series, and is homologous with acetic acid. [1913 Webster]Carbamic \Car*bam"ic\ (k[aum]r*b[a^]m"[i^]k), a. [Carbon + amido.] (Chem.) Pertaining to an acid so called. [1913 Webster] Carbamic acid (Chem.), an amido acid, H2N.CO2.H, not existing in the free state, but occurring as a salt of ammonium in commercial ammonium carbonate; -- called also amido formic acid. [1913 Webster] And so forth (gcide) Forth \Forth\, v.[AS. for[eth], fr. for akin to D. voort, G. fort [root]78. See Fore, For, and cf. Afford, Further, adv.] 1. Forward; onward in time, place, or order; in advance from a given point; on to end; as, from that day forth; one, two, three, and so forth. [1913 Webster] Lucas was Paul's companion, at the leastway from the sixteenth of the Acts forth. --Tyndale. [1913 Webster] From this time forth, I never will speak word. --Shak. [1913 Webster] I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bad me say forth; I said I was taught no more. --Strype. [1913 Webster] 2. Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement, confinement, nondevelopment, or the like; out into notice or view; as, the plants in spring put forth leaves. [1913 Webster] When winter past, and summer scarce begun, Invites them forth to labor in the sun. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out. [1913 Webster] I have no mind of feasting forth to-night. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Throughly; from beginning to end. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] And so forth, Back and forth, From forth. See under And, Back, and From. Forth of, Forth from, out of. [Obs.] --Shak. To bring forth. See under Bring. [1913 Webster]And \And\, conj. [AS. and; akin to OS. endi, Icel. enda, OHG. anti, enti, inti, unti, G. und, D. en, OD. ende. Cf, An if, Ante-.] 1. A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence. [1913 Webster] Note: (a) It is sometimes used emphatically; as, "there are women and women," that is, two very different sorts of women. (b) By a rhetorical figure, notions, one of which is modificatory of the other, are connected by and; as, "the tediousness and process of my travel," that is, the tedious process, etc.; "thy fair and outward character," that is, thy outwardly fair character, --Schmidt's Shak. Lex. [1913 Webster] 2. In order to; -- used instead of the infinitival to, especially after try, come, go. [1913 Webster] At least to try and teach the erring soul. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive. [1913 Webster] When that I was and a little tiny boy. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. If; though. See An, conj. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] As they will set an house on fire, and it were but to roast their eggs. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] And so forth, and others; and the rest; and similar things; and other things or ingredients. The abbreviation, etc. (et cetera), or &c., is usually read and so forth. [1913 Webster] No force (gcide) Force \Force\, n. [F. force, LL. forcia, fortia, fr. L. fortis strong. See Fort, n.] 1. Capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a contract, or a term. [1913 Webster] He was, in the full force of the words, a good man. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion; as, by force of arms; to take by force. [1913 Webster] Which now they hold by force, and not by right. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Strength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; -- an armament; troops; warlike array; -- often in the plural; hence, a body of men prepared for action in other ways; as, the laboring force of a plantation; the armed forces. [1913 Webster] Is Lucius general of the forces? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. (Law) (a) Strength or power exercised without law, or contrary to law, upon persons or things; violence. (b) Validity; efficacy. --Burrill. [1913 Webster] 5. (Physics) Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion; or, more generally, which changes, or tends to change, any physical relation between them, whether mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, magnetic, or of any other kind; as, the force of gravity; cohesive force; centrifugal force. [1913 Webster] Animal force (Physiol.), muscular force or energy. Catabiotic force [Gr. ? down (intens.) + ? life.] (Biol.), the influence exerted by living structures on adjoining cells, by which the latter are developed in harmony with the primary structures. Centrifugal force, Centripetal force, Coercive force, etc. See under Centrifugal, Centripetal, etc. Composition of forces, Correlation of forces, etc. See under Composition, Correlation, etc. Force and arms [trans. of L. vi et armis] (Law), an expression in old indictments, signifying violence. In force, or Of force, of unimpaired efficacy; valid; of full virtue; not suspended or reversed. "A testament is of force after men are dead." --Heb. ix. 17. Metabolic force (Physiol.), the influence which causes and controls the metabolism of the body. No force, no matter of urgency or consequence; no account; hence, to do no force, to make no account of; not to heed. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Of force, of necessity; unavoidably; imperatively. "Good reasons must, of force, give place to better." --Shak. Plastic force (Physiol.), the force which presumably acts in the growth and repair of the tissues. Vital force (Physiol.), that force or power which is inherent in organization; that form of energy which is the cause of the vital phenomena of the body, as distinguished from the physical forces generally known. Syn: Strength; vigor; might; energy; stress; vehemence; violence; compulsion; coaction; constraint; coercion. Usage: Force, Strength. Strength looks rather to power as an inward capability or energy. Thus we speak of the strength of timber, bodily strength, mental strength, strength of emotion, etc. Force, on the other hand, looks more to the outward; as, the force of gravitation, force of circumstances, force of habit, etc. We do, indeed, speak of strength of will and force of will; but even here the former may lean toward the internal tenacity of purpose, and the latter toward the outward expression of it in action. But, though the two words do in a few cases touch thus closely on each other, there is, on the whole, a marked distinction in our use of force and strength. "Force is the name given, in mechanical science, to whatever produces, or can produce, motion." --Nichol. [1913 Webster] Thy tears are of no force to mollify This flinty man. --Heywood. [1913 Webster] More huge in strength than wise in works he was. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Adam and first matron Eve Had ended now their orisons, and found Strength added from above, new hope to spring Out of despair. --Milton. [1913 Webster] So forth (gcide) So \So\, adv. [OE. so, sa, swa, AS. sw[=a]; akin to OFries, s[=a], s?, D. zoo, OS. & OHG. s?, G. so, Icel. sv[=a], sv?, svo, so, Sw. s?, Dan. saa, Goth. swa so, sw? as; cf. L. suus one's own, Skr. sva one's own, one's self. [root]192. Cf. As, Custom, Ethic, Idiom, Such.] 1. In that manner or degree; as, indicated (in any way), or as implied, or as supposed to be known. [1913 Webster] Why is his chariot so long in coming? --Judges v. 28. [1913 Webster] 2. In like manner or degree; in the same way; thus; for like reason; whith equal reason; -- used correlatively, following as, to denote comparison or resemblance; sometimes, also, following inasmuch as. [1913 Webster] As a war should be undertaken upon a just motive, so a prince ought to consider the condition he is in. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 3. In such manner; to such degree; -- used correlatively with as or that following; as, he was so fortunate as to escape. [1913 Webster] I viewed in may mind, so far as I was able, the beginning and progress of a rising world. --T. Burnet. [1913 Webster] He is very much in Sir Roger's esteem, so that he lives in the family rather as a relation than dependent. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 4. Very; in a high degree; that is, in such a degree as can not well be expressed; as, he is so good; he planned so wisely. [1913 Webster] 5. In the same manner; as has been stated or suggested; in this or that condition or state; under these circumstances; in this way; -- with reflex reference to something just asserted or implied; used also with the verb to be, as a predicate. [1913 Webster] Use him [your tutor] with great respect yourself, and cause all your family to do so too. --Locke. [1913 Webster] It concerns every man, with the greatest seriousness, to inquire into those matters, whether they be so or not. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster] He is Sir Robert's son, and so art thou. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 6. The case being such; therefore; on this account; for this reason; on these terms; -- used both as an adverb and a conjuction. [1913 Webster] God makes him in his own image an intellectual creature, and so capable of dominion. --Locke. [1913 Webster] Here, then, exchange we mutually forgiveness; So may the guilt of all my broken vows, My perjuries to thee, be all forgotten. --Rowe. [1913 Webster] 7. It is well; let it be as it is, or let it come to pass; -- used to express assent. [1913 Webster] And when 't is writ, for my sake read it over, And if it please you, so; if not, why, so. --Shak. [1913 Webster] There is Percy; if your father will do me any honor, so; if not, let him kill the next Percy himself. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 8. Well; the fact being as stated; -- used as an expletive; as, so the work is done, is it? [1913 Webster] 9. Is it thus? do you mean what you say? -- with an upward tone; as, do you say he refuses? So? [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 10. About the number, time, or quantity specified; thereabouts; more or less; as, I will spend a week or so in the country; I have read only a page or so. [1913 Webster] A week or so will probably reconcile us. --Gay. [1913 Webster] Note: See the Note under Ill, adv. [1913 Webster] So . . . as. So is now commonly used as a demonstrative correlative of as when it is the puprpose to emphasize the equality or comparison suggested, esp. in negative assertions, and questions implying a negative answer. By Shakespeare and others so . . . as was much used where as . . . as is now common. See the Note under As, 1. [1913 Webster] So do, as thou hast said. --Gen. xviii. 5. [1913 Webster] As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. --Ps. ciii. 15. [1913 Webster] Had woman been so strong as men. --Shak. [1913 Webster] No country suffered so much as England. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] So far, to that point or extent; in that particular. "The song was moral, and so far was right." --Cowper. So far forth, as far; to such a degree. --Shak. --Bacon. So forth, further in the same or similar manner; more of the same or a similar kind. See And so forth, under And. So, so, well, well. "So, so, it works; now, mistress, sit you fast." --Dryden. Also, moderately or tolerably well; passably; as, he succeeded but so so. "His leg is but so so." --Shak. So that, to the end that; in order that; with the effect or result that. So then, thus then it is; therefore; the consequence is. [1913 Webster] To do for (gcide) Do \Do\, v. i. 1. To act or behave in any manner; to conduct one's self. [1913 Webster] They fear not the Lord, neither do they after . . . the law and commandment. -- 2 Kings xvii. 34. [1913 Webster] 2. To fare; to be, as regards health; as, they asked him how he did; how do you do to-day? [1913 Webster] 3. [Perh. a different word. OE. dugen, dowen, to avail, be of use, AS. dugan. See Doughty.] To succeed; to avail; to answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be found, he will make this do. [1913 Webster] You would do well to prefer a bill against all kings and parliaments since the Conquest; and if that won't do; challenge the crown. -- Collier. [1913 Webster] To do by. See under By. To do for. (a) To answer for; to serve as; to suit. (b) To put an end to; to ruin; to baffle completely; as, a goblet is done for when it is broken. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Some folks are happy and easy in mind when their victim is stabbed and done for. --Thackeray. To do withal, to help or prevent it. [Obs.] "I could not do withal." --Shak. To do without, to get along without; to dispense with. To have done, to have made an end or conclusion; to have finished; to be quit; to desist. To have done with, to have completed; to be through with; to have no further concern with. Well to do, in easy circumstances. [1913 Webster] To foreclose a mortgage (gcide) Foreclose \Fore*close"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foreclosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Foreclosing.] [F. forclos, p. p. of forclore to exclude; OF. fors, F. hors, except, outside (fr. L. foris outside) + F. clore to close. See Foreign, and Close, v. t.] To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude. [1913 Webster] The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade. --Carew. [1913 Webster] To foreclose a mortgager (Law), to cut him off by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises, termed his equity of redemption. To foreclose a mortgage, (not technically correct, but often used to signify) the obtaining a judgment for the payment of an overdue mortgage, and the exposure of the mortgaged property to sale to meet the mortgage debt. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]Mortgage \Mort"gage\ (m[^o]r"g[asl]j; 48), n. [F. mort-gage; mort dead (L. mortuus) + gage pledge. See Mortal, and Gage.] 1. (Law) A conveyance of property, upon condition, as security for the payment of a debt or the preformance of a duty, and to become void upon payment or performance according to the stipulated terms; also, the written instrument by which the conveyance is made. [1913 Webster] Note: It was called a mortgage (or dead pledge) because, whatever profit it might yield, it did not thereby redeem itself, but became lost or dead to the mortgager upon breach of the condition. But in equity a right of redemption is an inseparable incident of a mortgage until the mortgager is debarred by his own laches, or by judicial decree. --Cowell. --Kent. [1913 Webster] 2. State of being pledged; as, lands given in mortgage. [1913 Webster] Chattel mortgage. See under Chattel. To foreclose a mortgage. See under Foreclose. Mortgage deed (Law), a deed given by way of mortgage. [1913 Webster] To foreclose a mortgager (gcide) Foreclose \Fore*close"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foreclosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Foreclosing.] [F. forclos, p. p. of forclore to exclude; OF. fors, F. hors, except, outside (fr. L. foris outside) + F. clore to close. See Foreign, and Close, v. t.] To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude. [1913 Webster] The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade. --Carew. [1913 Webster] To foreclose a mortgager (Law), to cut him off by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises, termed his equity of redemption. To foreclose a mortgage, (not technically correct, but often used to signify) the obtaining a judgment for the payment of an overdue mortgage, and the exposure of the mortgaged property to sale to meet the mortgage debt. --Wharton. [1913 Webster] To forestall the market (gcide) Forestall \Fore*stall"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forestalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Forestalling.] [OE. forstallen to stop, to obstruct; to stop (goods) on the way to the market by buying them beforehand, from forstal obstruction, AS. forsteal, foresteall, prop., a placing one's self before another. See Fore, and Stall.] 1. To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate. [1913 Webster] What need a man forestall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid? --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] An ugly serpent which forestalled their way. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster] But evermore those damsels did forestall Their furious encounter. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] To be forestalled ere we come to fall. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Habit is a forestalled and obstinate judge. --Rush. [1913 Webster] 3. To deprive; -- with of. [R.] [1913 Webster] All the better; may This night forestall him of the coming day! --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. (Eng. Law) 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. [1913 Webster] To forestall the market, to buy or contract for merchandise or provision on its way to market, with the intention of selling it again at a higher price; to dissuade persons from bringing their goods or provisions there; or to persuade them to enhance the price when there. This was an offense at law in England until 1844. --Burrill. Syn: To anticipate; monopolize; engross. [1913 Webster]