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Webster 1828 Edition
Foregoing
FOREGO'ING
,ppr.
1.
Forbearing to have, possess or enjoy.2.
a. Preceding; going before, in time or place; antecedent; as a foregoing period of time; a foregoing clause in a writing.Definition 2024
foregoing
foregoing
English
Adjective
foregoing (not comparable)
- Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. § 14.
- we may conclude, from the foregoing reasonings, that, as certain unity is requisite in all productions, it cannot be wanting in history more than in any other;
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. § 14.
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Translations
occurring before or in front of something else
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Verb
foregoing
- present participle of forego