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Definition of Stave off
1. Verb. Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening. "Avert a strike"
Generic synonyms: Forbid, Foreclose, Forestall, Preclude, Prevent
Derivative terms: Avertable, Avertible, Avoidable, Obviation
Definition of Stave off
1. Verb. (idiomatic) to prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stave Off
Literary usage of Stave off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"Human, divine laws, precepts, exhortations, fear of God and men, fair, foul means,
fame, fortune, shame, disgrace, honour cannot oppose, stave off, ..."
2. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"... fair, foul means, fame, fortune, shame, disgrace, honour cannot oppose, stave
off, or withstand the fury of it, omnia vincit amor, &c. ..."
3. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1905)
"... stave off, or withstand the fury of it, omnia vincit amor, &c. No cord nor
cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do with a twined ..."
4. Maryland Historical Magazine by Maryland Historical Society (1915)
"If we can but stave off to another election of representatives, a different set
will have their plans. There should be no coercion at this time, ..."
5. The Parliamentary Debates: Official Report by Northern Ireland Parliament. House of Commons (1882)
"... this House in order to stave off this vole. I am sure there are many honorable
members before whom this important question »as brought at the hustings. ..."
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