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Meaning of FOREGO

Pronunciation:  fowr'gow

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 Definition: [v]  be earlier in time; go back further
 
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 Synonyms: antecede, antedate, precede, predate
 
 Antonyms: follow, postdate
 

 

 

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.
    
  2. \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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