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Definition of Forego
1. Verb. Be earlier in time; go back further. "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
Derivative terms: Antecedence, Antecedency, Antecedent, Precedence, Precedency, Precedent, Precedent, Precession
Antonyms: Postdate
2. Verb. Do without or cease to hold or adhere to. "Relinquish the old ideas"
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"
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
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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