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verb

Forego v. t. (past forewent; past part. foregone; pres. part. foregoing)

To quit; to relinquish; to leave. "Stay at the third cup, or forego the place."

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." "Thy lovers must their promised heaven forego." "(He) never forewent an opportunity of honest profit." Note: Forgo is the better spelling etymologically, but the word has been confused with Forego, to go before.

Forego v. t. (past forewent; past part. foregone; pres. part. foregoing) To go before; to precede; used especially in the present and past participles. "Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone." "For which the very mother's face forewent The mother's special patience."

Foregone conclusion, a conclusion which has preceded argument or examination; a predetermined conclusion.

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"Forego" Quotes from Famous Books

... and dearly I loved to ride them when a fresh breeze was blowing. I rarely tired in the water, where I often amused myself for hours together. I grew up with such a liking for the exercise, that I have never been able to forego the opportunity for a swim when it offered; and a daily bath has been for a long course of years as necessary to me as my daily food. The exercise of swimming has been through life my chief pleasure and my only medicine—a never-failing restorative from weakness and weariness, and, what may ...

— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 - Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852 • Various

... by listening at the door in the passage, was the exploring of the wine-cellars by the besiegers, under the guidance of Cliquet. Blows, shouts, and crashes indicated numerous acts of destruction. Inevitably, however, they were at last found out by Cliquet himself, who could not forego the delights of revenge. He came to the ...

— The False Chevalier - or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette • William Douw Lighthall

... a matter of shame to forego such abroad domain wherein lay so much wealth, because of present troubles. It is his ambition to found there a new empire in the west, to add a brighter glory to the name of Bourbon, to plant the silver lilies upon the ...

— The Black Wolf's Breed - A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening - in the Reign of Louis XIV • Harris Dickson

... our dinner stuff and have a regular meal while we are about it," said Anne, who could not forego ...

— Girl Scouts in the Adirondacks • Lillian Elizabeth Roy

... generous to give her details of the supper with the schoolgirls, but he could not forego the pleasure of mentioning his former simile anent dogs and possession, and he took the occasion to draw her attention to the fact that love without the conception of a right to possession—on both sides—was not thinkable. What was ...

— Married • August Strindberg

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