'Forego' definitions:
Definition of 'forego'
(from WordNet)
verb
Be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools" [syn: predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate] [ant: follow, postdate]
verb
Do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas" [syn: waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with]
verb
Definition of 'Forego'
From: GCIDE
- Forego \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. [1913 Webster]
- Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- For which the very mother's face forewent The mother's special patience. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]
- Foregone conclusion, a conclusion which has preceded argument or examination; a predetermined conclusion. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Forego'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Stay at the third cup, or forego the place. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- All my patrimony,, If need be, I am ready to forego. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Thy lovers must their promised heaven forego. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
- [He] never forewent an opportunity of honest profit. --R. L. Stevenson. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Forgo is the better spelling etymologically, but the word has been confused with Forego, to go before. [1913 Webster]