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fore·went       [fawr-went, fohr-] Pronunciation Key
–verb
pt. of forego.
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fore·go1       [fawr-goh, fohr-] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -went, -gone, -go·ing.
to go before; precede.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME forgon, forgan, OE foregān. See fore-, go1]

—Related forms
fore·go·er, noun
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fore·go2       [fawr-goh, fohr-] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -went, -gone, -go·ing.
forgo.
—Related forms
fore·go·er, noun
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fore·go 1       (fôr-gō', fōr-)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   fore·went (-wěnt'), fore·gone (-gôn', -gŏn'), fore·go·ing, fore·goes (-gōz')
To precede, as in time or place.


[Middle English foregon, from Old English foregān : fore-, fore- + gān, go; see ghē- in Indo-European roots.]

fore·go'er n.
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fore·went       (fôr-wěnt', fōr-)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   Past tense of forego1.

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for·go also fore·go       (fôr-gō', fōr-)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   for·went also fore·went (-wěnt'), for·gone also fore·gone (-gôn', -gŏn'), for·go·ing also fore·go·ing, for·goes also fore·goes
To abstain from; relinquish: unwilling to forgo dessert.


[Middle English forgon, from Old English forgān, go away, forgo : for-, for- + gān, to go; see ghē- in Indo-European roots.]

for·go'er n.
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