forgo
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Middle English forgon (“to go by, pass up”), from Old English forgān (“to go away, forgo”). More at for- + go.
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forgo (third-person singular simple present forgoes, present participle forgoing, simple past forwent, past participle forgone)
- To let pass, to leave alone
- To do without, to abandon
- The only way to avoid shame is to forgo acting shamefully.
- To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up.
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to let pass
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To do without
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[edit] References
- forgo in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- forgo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
