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Webster 1913 Edition
Forgo
For-go′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Forwent
; p. p.
Forgone
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Forgoing
.] [OE. ]
forgan
, forgon
, forgoon
, AS. forgān, prop., to go past, hence, to abstain from; pref. for-
+ gān
to go; akin to G. vergehen
to pass away, to transgress. See Go
, Verb.
I.
1.
To pass by; to leave. See 1st
Forego
. For sith [since] I shall
At your request.
forgoon
my libertyAt your request.
Chaucer.
And four [days] since Florimell the court
forwent
. Spenser.
☞ This word in spelling has been confused with, and almost superseded by, forego to go before. Etymologically the form forgo is correct.
Definition 2024
forgo
forgo
See also: forgó
English
Alternative forms
Verb
forgo (third-person singular simple present forgoes, present participle forgoing, simple past forwent, past participle forgone)
- To let pass, to leave alone
- To do without, to abandon
- The only way to avoid shame is to forgo acting shamefully.
- To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo.
Translations
to let pass
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to do without
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References
- forgo in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- forgo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913