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fore⋅go

1  [fawr-goh, fohr-]
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–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-, go 1

Related forms:
fore⋅go⋅er, noun

fore⋅go

2  [fawr-goh, fohr-]
–verb (used with object), -went, -gone, -go⋅ing.
forgo.
Related forms:
fore⋅go⋅er, noun

for⋅go

  [fawr-goh]
–verb (used with object), -went, -gone, -go⋅ing.
1. to abstain or refrain from; do without.
2. to give up, renounce, or resign.
3. Archaic. to neglect or overlook.
4. Archaic. to quit or leave.
5. Obsolete. to go or pass by.
Also, forego.

Origin:
bef. 950; ME forgon, OE forgān. See for-, go 1

Related forms:
for⋅go⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. forbear, sacrifice, forsake.
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fore·go 1   (fôr-gō', fōr-)   
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.
fore·go 2   (fôr-gō', fōr-)   
v.  Variant of forgo.
for·go also fore·go   (fôr-gō', fōr-)   
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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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.

Stay at the third cup, or forego the place. --Herbert.

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.

All my patrimony,, If need be, I am ready to forego. --Milton.

Thy lovers must their promised heaven forego. --Keble.

[He] never forewent an opportunity of honest profit. --R. L. Stevenson.

Note: Forgo is the better spelling etymologically, but the word has been confused with Forego, to go before.

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.

Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone. --Wordsworth.

For which the very mother's face forewent The mother's special patience. --Mrs. Browning.

Foregone conclusion, one which has preceded argument or examination; one predetermined.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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forego 
O.E. forgan "go away, pass over, forego, precede," from for- "away" + gan "go." Usually in foregone conclusion, which was popularized in Shakespeare's "Othello" [III.iii], but his sense was not necessarily the main modern one of "a decision already formed before the case is argued." The similar foredone is now archaic, replaced by done for.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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