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verb (foregoes, foregoing, forewent, foregone)
- To precede, to go before.
- (alternative spelling of, forgo)
- 1762, "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 (February), T. Waller (1762), page 34,
- :… for on no other terms does Å¿he deÅ¿ire a reconciliation, but will Å¿ooner all the hopes to which her birth entitles her, and get her bread by Å¿ervice, than ever yield to become the wife of the "".
Translations: - Dutch: laten voorbijgaan, passen
- French: précéder
(trans-mid)
- Italian: precedere
Etymology: forgan (for + gan).
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