Foregone

5 definitions found

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

  foregone \foregone\ adj.
     past; -- used of time; as, foregone summers. Contrassted to
     {present}.
  
     Syn: bygone, bypast, departed, gone.
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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]:

  forego
       v : be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede
           bronze tools" [syn: {predate}, {precede}, {antecede}, {antedate}]
           [ant: {postdate}]
       [also: {forewent}, {foregone}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  foregone
       adj : well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone
             times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a
             departed era" [syn: {bygone}, {bypast}, {departed}, {gone}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  foregone
       See {forego}