Thesaurus: forego

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1. v. t. To quit; to relinquish; to leave.
2. v. t. 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.
3. v. i. To go before; to precede; -- used especially in the present and past participles.
4. v. be earlier in time; go back further
5. v. do without or cease to hold or adhere to
6. v. lose (something) or lose the right to (something) by some error, offense, or crime
7. 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. 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.
8. To go before; to precede; -- used especially in the present andpast participles.Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone. Wordsworth.For which the very mother's face forewent The mother's specialpatience. Mrs. Browning.Foregone conclusion, one which has preceded argument or examination;one predetermined.
9. v:100 v be earlier in time; go back further v do without or cease to hold or adhere to v lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime