Definition of Forego

1. Verb. Be earlier in time; go back further. "Stone tools precede bronze tools"


2. Verb. Do without or cease to hold or adhere to. "Relinquish the old ideas"
Exact synonyms: Dispense With, Foreswear, Forgo, Relinquish, Waive
Specialized synonyms: Give Up, Kick
Derivative terms: Waiver

3. Verb. Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime. "Forfeited property"
Exact synonyms: Forfeit, Forgo, Give Up, Throw Overboard, Waive
Generic synonyms: Abandon
Specialized synonyms: Lapse
Antonyms: Claim
Derivative terms: Forfeit, Forfeit, Forfeit, Forfeiture, Forfeiture, Forfeiture, Waiver

Definition of Forego

1. v. t. To quit; to relinquish; to leave.

2. v. t. To go before; to precede; -- used especially in the present and past participles.

Definition of Forego

1. Verb. To precede, to go before. ¹

2. Verb. (alternative spelling of forgo); to abandon, to relinquish ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Forego

1. to go before [v FOREWENT, FOREGONE, FOREGOING, FOREGOES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forego

forefront
forefronts
foregain
foregainst
foregame
foreganger
foregangers
foregather
foregathered
foregathering
foregathers
foregear
foregift
foregleam
foreglimpse
forego (current term)
foregoer
foregoers
foregoes
foregoing
foregoing(a)
foregone
foregone conclusion
foregone conclusions
foreground
foreground processing
foregroundable
foregrounded
foregrounding
foregrounds

Literary usage of Forego

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"The wild-cat will defend his den, Fights for her nest the timid wren; And think'st thou I '11 forego my right For dread of monk or monkish knight ? ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The other patriarchates, except perhaps Alexandria, never had such an ecclesiastical dignitary. archs, refused to forego the title, which they have borne ..."

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