Forego

forego
    v 1: be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede
         bronze tools" [syn: {predate}, {precede}, {forego},
         {forgo}, {antecede}, {antedate}] [ant: {follow},
         {postdate}]
    2: do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing
       with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas" [syn: {waive},
       {relinquish}, {forgo}, {forego}, {foreswear}, {dispense
       with}]
    3: lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error,
       offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your
       successor"; "forfeited property" [syn: {forfeit}, {give up},
       {throw overboard}, {waive}, {forgo}, {forego}] [ant:
       {arrogate}, {claim}, {lay claim}]
    

Forego \Fore*go"\, v. t. [AS. foreg[=a]n; fore + g[=a]n 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.
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         Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone.
                                                  --Wordsworth.
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         For which the very mother's face forewent
         The mother's special patience.           --Mrs.
                                                  Browning.
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   {Foregone conclusion}, a conclusion which has preceded
      argument or examination; a predetermined conclusion.
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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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