Forego
[fɔ:,ɡəu]
Definition
(v. t.) To quit; to relinquish; to leave.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To go before; to precede; -- used especially in the present and past participles.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Relinquish, resign, surrender, cede, yield, abandon, give up, part with, let go.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Waive, drop, abandon, abjure, renounce, give_up, relinquish, yield, surrender,resign
ANT:Claim, assume, vindicate, seize, grasp, retain
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Definition
v.t. to give up: to forbear the use of.—Better Forgō′.
v.t. to go before precede: chiefly used in its pr.p. foregō′ing and pa.p. foregone′.—ns. Foregō′er; Foregō′ing.—p.adj. Foregone′.—n. Foregone′ness.—Foregone conclusion a conclusion come to before examination of the evidence.
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Examples
- I therefore pleaded another engagement; and observing that Mrs. Micawber's spirits were immediately lightened, I resisted all persuasion to forego it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Why then should he forego it? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Did she love him well enough to forego what had used to be essential points? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- He would forego everything but the yearning. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Preconceived opinions, foregone determinations, are all I have at this hour to stand by: there I plant my foot. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Mr. Thornton at first was puzzled to account for her silence; and then he remembered the lie she had told, and all that was foregone. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The very fact that Numa had foregone such easy prey at all convinced the wise forest craft of Tarzan that Numa's belly already was full. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Its special feature was a foregone family confidence and sympathy. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The conclusion from this is obvious in favour of the foregoing system. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- This conceit, however, is no more reasonable than any of the foregoing. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It may be worth while to illustrate some of the foregoing remarks. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It is in the foregoing manner that the remarkable stereoscopic effect of Sir David Brewster's ghost is produced, a representation of which is given in the next page. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- It would afford us the highest gratification to be enabled to record Mr. Pickwick's opinion of the foregoing anecdote. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- This circumstance, like the two foregoing, has an effect upon joy, as well as pride. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
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