'Forgo' definitions:

Definition of 'forgo'

From: WordNet
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
Be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools" [syn: predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate] [ant: follow, postdate]
verb
Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property" [syn: forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego] [ant: arrogate, claim, lay claim]

Definition of 'Forgo'

From: GCIDE
  • Forgo \For*go"\, v. t. [imp. Forwent; p. p. Forgone; p. pr. & vb. n. Forgoing.] [OE. forgan, forgon, forgoon, AS. forg[=a]n, prop., to go past, hence, to abstain from; pref. for- + g[=a]n to go; akin to G. vergehen to pass away, to transgress. See Go, v. i.]
  • 1. To pass by; to leave. See 1st Forego. [1913 Webster]
  • For sith [since] I shall forgoon my liberty At your request. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • And four [days] since Florimell the court forwent. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. to abstain from; to do without; to refrain from; to renounce; -- said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach, or anticipated. See 1st forego, 2. [PJC]
  • Note: This word in spelling has been confused with, and almost superseded by, forego to go before. Etymologically the form forgo is correct. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'forgo'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Forgo'