forego

Etymology 1

From Middle English forgan, from Old English foregān, equivalent to fore- + go.

verb

  1. To precede, to go before.
    pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone 1815, William Wordsworth, Methought I saw

Etymology 2

See forgo

verb

  1. Alternative spelling of forgo; to abandon, to relinquish
    […] for on no other terms does she desire a reconciliation, but will sooner forego all the hopes to which her birth entitles her, and get her bread by service, than ever yield to become the wife of the ——. Febraury 1762, T. Waller, “The White Witch of the Wood, or the Devil of Broxbon”, in The Beauties of all the Magazines Selected, for the Year 1762, volume I, page 34

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