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Forego

FOREGO', v.t. [See Go.] 1. To forbear to possess or enjoy; voluntarily to avoid the enjoyment of good. Let us forego the pleasures of sense, to secure immortal bliss. 2. To give up; to renounce; to resign. but...

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FOREGO', v.t. [See Go.]

1. To forbear to possess or enjoy; voluntarily to avoid the enjoyment of good. Let us forego the pleasures of sense, to secure immortal bliss.

2. To give up; to renounce; to resign. but this word is usually applied to things not possessed or enjoyed, and which cannot be resigned.

3. To lose.

4. To go before; to precede. Obs.

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