Foregoing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  foregoing
       adj : especially of writing or speech; going before [syn: {foregoing(a)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "foregoing":
     above, aforegoing, aforementioned, aforenamed, aforesaid,
     antecedent, anterior, anticipatory, beforementioned, chief,
     ci-devant, earlier, early, elder, first, fore, forementioned,
     foremost, forenamed, former, heading, headmost, last, latter,
     leading, named, older, past, precedent, preceding, precessional,
     precurrent, precursory, preexistent, preliminary, previous, prime,
     prior, said, same, senior