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forego

verb
/fɔɹˈɡoʊ/US/fɔːˈɡəʊ/UK

Etymology

From Middle English forgan, from Old English foregān, equivalent to fore- + go.

  1. inherited from foregān
  2. inherited from forgan

Definitions

  1. To precede, to go before.

    • pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone

  2. Alternative spelling of forgo

    Alternative spelling of forgo; to abandon, to relinquish.

    • […] for on no other terms does she desire a reconciliation, but will sooner forego all the hopes to which her birth entitles her, and get her bread by service, than ever yield to become the wife of the ——.
    • CNBC's Julia Boorstin reports Disney will forego its dividend payments for half of the year.

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No curated loop yet for forego. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA