a. Goīng before; foregoing. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Stay at the third cup, or forego the place. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]
All my patrimony,
If need be, I am ready to forego. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thy lovers must their promised heaven forego. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ He ] never forewent an opportunity of honest profit. R. L. Stevenson. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Forgo is the better spelling etymologically, but the word has been confused with Forego, to go before. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ AS. foregān; fore + gān 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
For which the very mother's face forewent
The mother's special patience. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
Foregone conclusion,
n.
n. [ Etymologically forgoer. ] One who forbears to enjoy. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. past; -- used of time;
n. An inevitable outcome; a certain result; a certainty. [ PJC ]