About The Word Forego
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Forego
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What's The Definition Of Forego?
[v] be earlier in time; go back further
Synonyms | Synonyms for Forego: antecede | antedate | precede | predate Related Terms | Find terms related to Forego: See Also | Forego In Webster's Dictionary \Fore*go"\, v. t. [imp. {Forewent 2}; p. p. {Foregone}
(?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Foregoing}.] [See {Forgo}.]
1. To quit; to relinquish; to leave.
Stay at the third cup, or forego the place.
--Herbert.
2. To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up;
to resign; to renounce; -- said of a thing already
enjoyed, or of one within reach, or anticipated.
All my patrimony,, If need be, I am ready to forego.
--Milton.
Thy lovers must their promised heaven forego.
--Keble.
[He] never forewent an opportunity of honest profit.
--R. L.
Stevenson.
Note: Forgo is the better spelling etymologically, but the
word has been confused with {Forego}, to go before.
\Fore*go"\, v. t. [AS. foreg[=a]n; fore + g[=a]n to go; akin to G. vorgehen to go before, precede. See {GO}, v. i.] To go before; to precede; -- used especially in the present and past participles. Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone. --Wordsworth. For which the very mother's face forewent The mother's special patience. --Mrs. Browning. {Foregone conclusion}, one which has preceded argument or examination; one predetermined. |
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