forego
    v 1: be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede
         bronze tools" [syn: 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" [syn: 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" [syn: 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.
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         Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone.
                                                  --Wordsworth.
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         For which the very mother's face forewent
         The mother's special patience.           --Mrs.
                                                  Browning.
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   Foregone conclusion, a conclusion which has preceded
      argument or examination; a predetermined conclusion.
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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.
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            Stay at the third cup, or forego the place.
                                                  --Herbert.
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   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.
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            All my patrimony,,
            If need be, I am ready to forego.     --Milton.
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            Thy lovers must their promised heaven forego.
                                                  --Keble.
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            [He] never forewent an opportunity of honest profit.
                                                  --R. L.
                                                  Stevenson.
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   Note: Forgo is the better spelling etymologically, but the
         word has been confused with Forego, to go before.
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