Antonyms for forego
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fawr-goh, fohr- |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɔrˈgoʊ, foʊr- |
Definition of forego
Origin :- "to go before," Old English foregan "to go before," from fore- + go. The similarly constructed foredone "killed, destroyed," now is archaic, replaced by done for. Related: Foregoing; foregone.
- Phrase foregone conclusion popularized in "Othello" [III.iii], but Shakespeare's sense was not necessarily the main modern one of "a decision already formed before the case is argued." Othello says it of Cassio's dream, and it is clear from the context that Othello means Cassio actually has been in bed with Desdemona before he allegedly dreamed it.
- verb do without
- No one can honestly promise to forego the right which he has over all things.
- Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part IV] » by Benedict of Spinoza
- But forego, if possible, your pernicious stimulant of laudanum.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- And hark you, Calderon, I tell you that I will not forego this pursuit.
- Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- It seemed hard to realize that one must forego it all for ever.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- What means he by it, she asks, yet forego such opportunities as he had?
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- But you must not think I am going to forego scolding you because of my sympathy with you.
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- At last he agreed to forego his engagement on condition that I dined with him.
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
- Will they forego the facts of an epoch, for the orthography of a syllable?
- Extract from : « The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, January 1876 » by Various
- For he would as lief be a victim of success, he assures us, as to forego his mojadderah.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- For Khalid could forego his mojadderah, but never his coffee, the Arab that he is.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
Synonyms for forego
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