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Pronunciation : Fore*go"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [See Forgo.]
Definition : 1. To quit; to relinquish; to leave. Stay at the third cup, or forego the place. Herbert.

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. Milton. Thy lovers must their promised heaven forego. Keble. [He] never forewent an opportunity of honest profit. R. L. Stevenson.

Note: Forgo is the better spelling etymologically, but the word has been confused with Forego, to go before.

t. [imp. Forewent 2; p. p. Foregone; p. pr. & vb. n. Foregoing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Fore*go"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [AS. foregan; fore + gan to go; akin to G. vorgehen to go before, precede. See GO, v. i.]
Definition : Defn: To go before; to precede; -- used especially in the present and past participles. Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone. Wordsworth. For which the very mother's face forewent The mother's special patience. Mrs. Browning. Foregone conclusion, one which has preceded argument or examination; one predetermined.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913