forego

To forego is defined as to go before.

(verb)

An example offorego is for an older child to graduate and start attending college before a younger child.

See forego in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb forewent, foregone, foregoing

to go before in place, time, or degree; precede

Origin: ME forgon < OE foregan

transitive verb

forgo

See forego in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb fore·went (-wĕntˈ), fore·gone (-gônˈ, -gŏnˈ), fore·go·ing, fore·goes (-gōzˈ)

To precede, as in time or place.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English foregon

Origin: , from Old English foregān

Origin: : fore-, fore-

Origin: + gān, go; see ghē- in Indo-European roots

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Variant of forgo.

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