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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


for⋅go⋅er, noun


1. forbear, sacrifice, forsake.
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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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