Found 2 items, similar to foregoing.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: foregoing
foregoing
adj : especially of writing or speech; going before [syn:
foregoing(a)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Foregoing
Forego
\Fore*go"\, v. t. [imp.
Forewent 2; p. p.
Foregone
(?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n.
Foregoing.] [See
Forgo.]
1. To quit; to relinquish; to leave.
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Stay at the third cup, or forego the place.
--Herbert.
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2. To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up;
to resign; to renounce; -- said of a thing already
enjoyed, or of one within reach, or anticipated.
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All my patrimony,,
If need be, I am ready to forego. --Milton.
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Thy lovers must their promised heaven forego.
--Keble.
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[He] never forewent an opportunity of honest profit.
--R. L.
Stevenson.
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Note: Forgo is the better spelling etymologically, but the
word has been confused with
Forego, to go before.
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