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foregone

[fawr-gawn, -gon, fohr-; fawr-gawn, -gon, fohr-]

adjective

that has gone before; previous; past.

determined in advance; inevitable.

Origin:
1590–1600; fore- + gone

Related forms

fore·gone·ness, noun

un·fore·gone, adjective

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verb (used with object), verb (used without object), fore·went, fore·gone, fore·go·ing.

to go before; precede.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English forgon, forgan, Old English foregān. See fore-, go¹

Related forms

fore·go·er, noun

verb (used with object), fore·went, fore·gone, fore·go·ing.

forgo.

Related forms

fore·go·er, noun

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foregone (fɔːˈɡɒn, ˈfɔːˌɡɒn)

—*adj*
	gone or completed; past

fore'goneness

—n

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"Thus far woman has struggled through life with bandaged eyes, accepting the dogma of her weakness and inability to take care of herself not only physically but intellectually. She has held out a trembling hand and received gratefully the proffered aid. She has foregone her right to study, to know the laws and purposes of government to which she is subject. But there is now awakened in her a consciousness that she is defrauded of her legitimate Rights and that she never can fulfill her mission until she is placed in that position to which she feels herself called by the divinity within. Hitherto she has surrendered her person and her individuality to man, but she can no longer do this and not feel that she is outraging her nature and her God."

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