forego
verb (used with or without object)
to go before; precede.
foregoer
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a word derived from
forego.
Example Sentences
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Said Walter: “Didst thou find thy foregoer alive here?”
From Wood Beyond the World by William Morris
Which again was soon followed by war, and ever again; each new peace more humiliating than its foregoer.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 by Thomas Carlyle
His Roman foregoer, who would certainly never have gone for his dinner to Clare Market, relished good dishes, even if he could not cook them.
From Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine by William Carew Hazlitt
And now see the second man travels naturally in the footsteps of his foregoer; it is the easiest method.
From Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society by John H. Young
And now see: the second man travels naturally in the footsteps of his foregoer, it is the easiest method.
From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle
