forego

[Fore*go·]

If you forego something, you choose to give it up. If you forego dessert after dinner, you are skipping dessert.

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To quit; to relinquish; to leave.

Verb
be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"


v. t.
To quit; to relinquish; to leave.

v. t.
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.

v. i.
To go before; to precede; -- used especially in the present and past participles.


Forego

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.
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.
Thy lovers must their promised heaven forego.
[He] never forewent an opportunity of honest profit.
&hand; Forgo is the better spelling etymologically, but the word has been confused with Forego, to go before.

Forego

Fore*go", v. t. [AS. foreg'ben; fore + g'ben 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.
For which the very mother's face forewent The mother's special patience.
Foregone conclusion, one which has preceded argument or examination; one predetermined.

To quit; to relinquish; to leave.

To go before; to precede; -- used especially in the present and past participles.

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