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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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
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
Said Walter: “Didst thou find thy foregoer alive here?”
From Wood Beyond the World by William Morris
If there is no track in the snow a man goes in front on snow-shoes, and the leading dog, or "foregoer," as he is called, trots close behind him.
From The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America by William Francis Butler
And now see: the second men travels naturally in the footsteps of his foregoer, it is the easiest method.
From On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle
