fore·go /forˈgo, fɔr-/
(vt.)放棄,在…之前,居先
Fore·go v. t. [imp. Forewent 2; p. p. Foregone p. pr. & vb. n. Foregoing.]
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.
Fore·go, v. t. 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, a conclusion which has preceded argument or examination; a predetermined conclusion.
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forego
v : be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede
bronze tools" [syn: predate, precede, antecede, antedate]
[ant: postdate]
[also: forewent, foregone]