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 |
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| Antonyms: | | follow, postdate | |
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| Definition: | | Forego Description not available. more details ... |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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