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Forego

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Verb (usu participle)
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb Forego has 3 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

Foregov. t. [See Forgo.].
  •  To quit; to relinquish; to leave.  [1913 Webster]
    "Stay at the third cup, or forego the place."  [1913 Webster]
  •  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]
    " Forgo is the better spelling etymologically, but the word has been confused with Forego, to go before."  [1913 Webster]
    "All my patrimony,,
    If need be, I am ready to forego.
    "  [1913 Webster]
    "Thy lovers must their promised heaven forego."  [1913 Webster]
    "[He] never forewent an opportunity of honest profit."  [1913 Webster]
Foregov. t. [AS. foregān; fore + gān 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."  [1913 Webster]
    "For which the very mother's face forewent
    The mother's special patience.
    "  [1913 Webster]
Foregone conclusion, a conclusion which has preceded argument or examination; a predetermined conclusion.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Forego, v.tr. & intr. (-goes; past -went; past part. -gone) precede in place or time.

Derivative
foregoer n.
Forego, foregoing adj. preceding; previously mentioned.

ROGET THESAURUS

Forego

Relinquishment

VB relinquish, give up, abandon, desert, forsake, leave in the lurch, go back on, depart from, secede from, withdraw from, back out of, leave, quit, take leave of, bid a long farewell, vacate, renounce, forego, have done with, drop, disuse, discard, wash one's hands of, drop all idea of, break off, leave off, desist, stop, hold one's hand, stay one's hand, quit one's hold, give over, shut up shop, throw up the game, throw up the cards, give up the point, give up the argument, pass to the order of the day, move to the previous question, relinquish, give up, surrender, yield, cede, let go, let slip, spare, drop, resign, forego, renounce, abandon, expropriate, give away, dispose of, part with, lay aside, lay apart, lay down, lay on the shelf, set aside, put aside, put away, make away with, cast behind, maroon, give notice to quit, give warning, supersede, be rid of, get rid of, be quit of, get quit of, eject, rid oneself of, disburden oneself of, divest oneself of, dispossess oneself of, wash one's hands of, discard, cast off, dismiss, cast away, throw away, pitch away, fling away, cast aside, cast overboard, cast to the dogs, throw aside, throw overboard, throw to the dogs, pitch aside, pitch overboard, pitch to the dogs, fling aside, fling overboard, fling to the dogs, cast to the winds, throw to the winds, sweep to the winds, put away, turn away, sweep away, jettison, reject, quit one's hold, quitclaim, relinquish, give up, abandon, desert, forsake, leave in the lurch, go back on, depart from, secede from, withdraw from, back out of, leave, quit, take leave of, bid a long farewell, vacate, renounce, forego, have done with, drop, disuse, discard, wash one's hands of, drop all idea of, break off, leave off, desist, stop, hold one's hand, stay one's hand, quit one's hold, give over, shut up shop, throw up the game, throw up the cards, give up the point, give up the argument, pass to the order of the day, move to the previous question, relinquish, give up, surrender, yield, cede, let go, let slip, spare, drop, resign, forego, renounce, abandon, expropriate, give away, dispose of, part with, lay aside, lay apart, lay down, lay on the shelf, set aside, put aside, put away, make away with, cast behind, maroon, give notice to quit, give warning, supersede, be rid of, get rid of, be quit of, get quit of, eject, rid oneself of, disburden oneself of, divest oneself of, dispossess oneself of, wash one's hands of, discard, cast off, dismiss, cast away, throw away, pitch away, fling away, cast aside, cast overboard, cast to the dogs, throw aside, throw overboard, throw to the dogs, pitch aside, pitch overboard, pitch to the dogs, fling aside, fling overboard, fling to the dogs, cast to the winds, throw to the winds, sweep to the winds, put away, turn away, sweep away, jettison, reject, quit one's hold, quitclaim.

Resignation

VB resign, give up, throw up, lay down, throw up the cards, wash one's hands of, abjure, renounce, forego, disclaim, retract, deny, abrogate, desert, get rid of, abdicate, vacate, vacate one's seat, accept the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, retire, tender one's resignation.

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