Forego /(?)/

imp. Forewent 2; p. p. Foregone; p. pr. & vb. n. Foregoing

1. To quit; to relinquish; to leave.

   Stay at the third cup, or forego the place.

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.

   All my patrimony,, If need be, I am ready to forego.

   Thy lovers must their promised heaven forego.

   [He] never forewent an opportunity of honest profit.

1. To go before; to precede; -- used especially in the present and past participles.

   Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone.

   For which the very mother's face forewent The mother's special patience.