forego1
[fawr-goh, fohr-]
- to go before; precede.
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Origin of forego1
forego2
[fawr-goh, fohr-]
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Related Words
relinquish, renounce, forfeit, waive, refrain, eschew, forsake, quit, sacrifice, yield, neglect, pass, surrender, precedeExamples from the Web for forego
Contemporary Examples
I was almost ready to forego probably the biggest movie of next year.
John Lithgow on the Sundance Film ‘Love Is Strange’ and Gay Rights in UtahMarlow Stern
January 20, 2014
The band has to forego plane travel, personal assistants, and expensive hotels.
However, U.S. sanctions on Iran have led to pressure on Pakistan to forego cooperation with that country.
In a one-state outcome, both sides would have to forego dreams of exclusivist nationalism.
Corporations do not pay lobbyists millions of dollars to forego their tax loopholes.
Historical Examples
No one can honestly promise to forego the right which he has over all things.
A Theological-Political Treatise [Part IV]Benedict of Spinoza
But forego, if possible, your pernicious stimulant of laudanum.
The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII)John Greenleaf Whittier
And hark you, Calderon, I tell you that I will not forego this pursuit.
Calderon The CourtierEdward Bulwer-Lytton
It seemed hard to realize that one must forego it all for ever.
The Black BagLouis Joseph Vance
What means he by it, she asks, yet forego such opportunities as he had?
Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
forego1
- to precede in time, place, etc
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Word Origin
Old English foregān
forego2
- (tr) a variant spelling of forgo
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Word Origin and History for forego
v.
"to go before," Old English foregan "to go before," from fore- + go. The similarly constructed foredone "killed, destroyed," now is archaic, replaced by done for. Related: Foregoing; foregone.
Phrase foregone conclusion popularized in "Othello" [III.iii], but Shakespeare's sense was not necessarily the main modern one of "a decision already formed before the case is argued." Othello says it of Cassio's dream, and it is clear from the context that Othello means Cassio actually has been in bed with Desdemona before he allegedly dreamed it.
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