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English Dictionary: forgone by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Forgo \For*go"\, v. t. [imp. {Forwent}; p. p. {Forgone}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Forgoing}.] [OE. forgan, forgon, forgoon, AS.
      forg[be]n, prop., to go past, hence, to abstain from; pref.
      for- + g[be]n to go; akin to G. vergehen to pass away, to
      transgress. See {Go}, v. i.]
      To pass by; to leave. See 1st {Forego}.
  
               For sith [since] I shall forgoon my liberty At your
               request.                                                --Chaucer.
  
               And four [days] since Florimell the court forwent.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      Note: This word in spelling has been confused with, and
               almost superseded by, forego to go before.
               Etymologically the form forgo is correct.
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