Word: forestalled
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: fo
re
stalled
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of forestall; keep from happening or arising; make impossible
Morphemes:
Affix: fore-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Before; ahead or in front of.
Affix: stall
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To forestall; to anticipate.
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.