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[syn: bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Forego \Fore*go"\, v. t. [imp. Forewent 2; p. p. Foregone
(?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Foregoing.] [See Forgo.]
1. To quit; to relinquish; to leave.
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Stay at the third cup, or forego the place.
--Herbert.
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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.
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All my patrimony,,
If need be, I am ready to forego. --Milton.
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Thy lovers must their promised heaven forego.
--Keble.
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[He] never forewent an opportunity of honest profit.
--R. L.
Stevenson.
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Note: Forgo is the better spelling etymologically, but the
word has been confused with Forego, to go before.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
foregone \foregone\ adj.
past; -- used of time; as, foregone summers. Contrassted to
present.
Syn: bygone, bypast, departed, gone.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
foregone
adj 1: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of
foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers";
"relics of a departed era" [syn: bygone, bypast,
departed, foregone, gone]