Forego
Forego , transitive verb
[See Forgo.]
1.
To quit; to relinquish; to leave.
Stay at the third cup, or forego the place.
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.
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.
Forgo is the better spelling etymologically, but the word has been confused with Forego, to go before.
Forego , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon foregān; fore + gān to go; akin to German vorgehen to go before, precede. See Go, v. i.]
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.
Collocations (1)
Foregone conclusion , a conclusion which has preceded argument or examination; a predetermined conclusion.