'Foregone' definitions:

Definition of 'foregone'

From: WordNet
adjective
Well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era" [syn: bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone]

Definition of 'Foregone'

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]

Definition of 'foregone'

From: GCIDE
  • foregone \foregone\ adj. past; -- used of time; as, foregone summers. Contrassted to present.
  • Syn: bygone, bypast, departed, gone. [WordNet 1.5]

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