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forego 音標拼音: [fɔrg'o] vt. 放棄,在…之前,居先 放棄,在…之前,居先 forego v 1: be earlier in time; go back further; " Stone tools precede bronze tools" [ synonym: { predate}, { precede}, { forego}, { forgo}, { antecede}, { antedate}] [ ant: { follow}, { postdate}] 2: do without or cease to hold or adhere to; " We are dispensing with formalities"; " relinquish the old ideas" [ synonym: { waive}, { relinquish}, { forgo}, { forego}, { foreswear}, { dispense with}] 3: lose ( s. th.) or lose the right to ( s. th.) by some error, offense, or crime; " you' ve forfeited your right to name your successor"; " forfeited property" [ synonym: { forfeit}, { give up}, { throw overboard}, { waive}, { forgo}, { forego}] [ ant: { arrogate}, { claim}, { lay claim}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone. -- Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster] For which the very mother' s face forewent The mother' s special patience. -- Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster] { Foregone conclusion}, a conclusion which has preceded argument or examination; a predetermined conclusion. [ 1913 Webster]
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. [ 1913 Webster] Stay at the third cup, or forego the place. -- Herbert. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] All my patrimony,, If need be, I am ready to forego. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Thy lovers must their promised heaven forego. -- Keble. [ 1913 Webster] [ He] never forewent an opportunity of honest profit. -- R. L. Stevenson. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Forgo is the better spelling etymologically, but the word has been confused with { Forego}, to go before. [ 1913 Webster]
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