forego : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: forego	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for forego
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forego v be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools" Synonym(s): predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate Antonym(s): follow, postdate do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas" Synonym(s): waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property" Synonym(s): forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego Antonym(s): arrogate, claim, lay claim
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forego \Forego"\, v. t. [imp. {Forewent 2}; p. p. {Foregone} (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Foregoing}.] [See {Forgo}.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forego \Fore*go"\, v. t. [AS. foreg[be]n; fore + g[be]n to go; akin to G. vorgehen to go before, precede. See {GO}, v. i.] 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.