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/fəˈɡəʊ/, /(ˌ)fɔːˈɡəʊ/, U.S. /fərˈɡoʊ/, /fɔrˈɡoʊ/ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go or move away specifically of things
forgoc950
worthOE
atgoc1175
alithec1275
withdraw1297
lenda1350
withgoa1400
to go farewellc1400
voidc1400
startc1405
overdrawa1450
recedec1450
sinkc1450
remove1481
regress1552
to-gang1596
elongate1646
abscede1650
discede1650
to take a walk1871
society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > travel across or beyond > go past
forgoa1400
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. v. 18 Enne pricle..ne forgæs from ae wið ða huile alle sie.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6264 Þe see on aiþer side þam stod Als walles tua, quils þai for yod.
1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) xlix And fast by him pale Malady was plac'd: Sore sick in bed, her colour all foregone.
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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > allow to pass unnoticed
to look through ——OE
to let (something) overpassa1375
overpassa1382
unseea1395
forgoa1400
balkc1440
dissimulea1450
pass?c1475
dissemblea1500
dissimulatea1533
to wink at1535
nod1607
connive1641
beholdc1650
to wink against1653
to shut one's eyes to (also against, on)a1711
blink1742
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > neglect
foryemeOE
misyemeOE
miswitec1225
slidec1386
to leave behinda1393
mistendc1400
forgo?a1500
to let go1535
neglecta1538
to leave out in the cold1886
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > pay little attention, slight
neglect1529
flightc1571
slight1600
slighten1605
forgo1858
cold-shoulder1872
to shrug (something) off or aside1909
c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 92 Seðe þis forgæið his sawul losað.
c1000 Ælfric Exodus xii. 23 He [Drihten] forgæþ þæs huses duru.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 25344 Grant vs þi maght..To luue vr euen cristen sua þat we þair lastes ma forga.
?a1500 Trevisa's Barth. de P.R. (1535) vi. xvi He [the euyll seruant] forgeth [1398 forgendreþ] all his lordes nedes, and leaueth them vndone.
1858 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1869) II. i. 29 He..never..allowed the claims of his profession to make him forego the superior claims of his country.
a. To avoid, elude. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > contrive to escape or evade
fleec1175
shunc1275
forgoc1305
passc1330
escapea1340
beglidea1350
voidc1380
shuntc1400
missa1522
evade1535
delude1536
to dally out1548
illude1553
prevent1598
outruna1616
to fail of1624
elude1634
subterfugea1643
shoot1685
shift1724
to get out of ——a1817
win by…1816
c1305 Edmund Conf. 301 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 79 Þer lurnede þis holi man..þe deueles poer forgon.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [verb (transitive)]
aschrenchc885
blendc888
swikec950
belirtOE
beswike971
blencha1000
blenka1000
belieOE
becatchc1175
trokec1175
beguile?c1225
biwrench?c1225
guile?c1225
trechec1230
unordainc1300
blink1303
deceivec1320
feintc1330
trechetc1330
misusea1382
blind1382
forgo1382
beglose1393
troil1393
turnc1405
lirt?a1425
abuse?a1439
ludify1447
amuse1480
wilec1480
trump1487
delude?a1505
sile1508
betrumpa1522
blear1530
aveugle1543
mislippen1552
pot1560
disglose1565
oversile1568
blaze1570
blirre1570
bleck1573
overtake1581
fail1590
bafflea1592
blanch1592
geck?a1600
hallucinate1604
hoodwink1610
intrigue1612
guggle1617
nigglea1625
nose-wipe1628
cog1629
cheat1637
flam1637
nurse1639
jilt1660
top1663
chaldese1664
bilk1672
bejuggle1680
nuzzlec1680
snub1694
bite1709
nebus1712
fugle1719
to take in1740
have?1780
quirk1791
rum1812
rattlesnake1818
chicane1835
to suck in1842
mogue1854
blinker1865
to have on1867
mag1869
sleight1876
bumfuzzle1878
swop1890
wool1890
spruce1917
jive1928
shit1934
smokescreen1950
dick1964
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Coloss. Prol. 429 Thei weren forgon of false apostlis.
4. To go from, forsake, leave. Obsolete exc. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > forsake
forlet971
beleavec1175
letc1175
forleavec1225
forsakea1300
waivec1330
forgoa1400
forhowa1400
sakea1400
forloinc1400
forlesec1460
abandonc1475
destitute1530
aband1587
bandon1587
leese1590
linquish1591
desert1603
derelicta1631
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 17012 [M]annes saul..wold neuer if it might þe bodi self forga.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 13280 Petur and andrew..Wiþ o word haue þei ship for gone.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 556/1 Shall I forgo your company nowe.
a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) iv. 191 When D. was Banished, he then forewent his local Habitation.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 18 When to ripen'd Man-hood he shall grow, The greedy Sailer shall the Seas forego.
1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xii. 450 Vengeance, ye Gods! or I the skies forego.
1821 W. Wordsworth Clerical Integrity in Eccl. Sonn. Their altars they forego, their homes they quit.
1844 E. B. Browning Catarina to Camoens iv And if they looked up to you, All the light which has forgone them Would be gathered back anew.
5. To abstain or refrain from (some action or procedure). Rarely with to and infinitive as object.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)]
holdc897
forgoa1000
oversitOE
forbearc1200
letc1330
to let bec1385
to lay apart1526
refrain1528
to let pass1530
retainc1540
abstain1578
restrain1594
stay1599
nurture1627
withhold1650
waive1653
inhold1655
withstand1852
skip1961
a1000 Laws of Cnut §85 in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) I. 424 Þæt he..smeage..hwæt him sy to donne & to forganne.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 290 Þys god man Seyn Dunston Hatede muche to crouny hym, ȝyf he yt myȝte ver gon.
c1420 Sir Amadace (Camden) xviii Vnnethe he myȝte forgoe to wepe.
1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 6v The Authour here declareth the cause why hee..forewent the tanslation [sic] of the learned Poet Lucan.
1774 J. Beattie Minstrel: 2nd Bk. xlv. 23 Then jarring appetites forego their strife.
1842 E. B. Pusey Crisis Eng. Church 72 We forewent much which any of us might have desired to do.
1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun I. xv. 171 He had foregone to be a Christian reality.
1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. 1st Ser. x. 313 We forego any comparison between the two men.
6. To abstain from, go without, deny to oneself; to let go or pass, omit to take or use; to give up, part with, relinquish, renounce, resign.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > renounce > something naturally attractive
forgoa1175
refusea1450
to swear off1839
the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > do without or dispense with
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forgoa1175
aspare1377
dispensec1420
missa1450
renouncec1480
sparea1525
afford?1560
free1561
egar1584
suspense1584
dispend1614
to dispense witha1616
waive1669
the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)]
forsakec893
forlet971
to reach upOE
agiveOE
yield?c1225
uptake1297
up-yield1297
yield1297
deliverc1300
to-yielda1375
overgivec1384
grant1390
forbeara1400
livera1400
forgoc1400
upgive1415
permit1429
quit1429
renderc1436
relinquish1479
abandonc1485
to hold up?1499
enlibertyc1500
surrender1509
cess1523
relent1528
to cast up?1529
resignate1531
uprender1551
demit1563
disclaim1567
to fling up1587
to give up1589
quittance1592
vail1593
enfeoff1598
revoke1599
to give off1613
disownc1620
succumb1632
abdicate1633
delinquish1645
discount1648
to pass away1650
to turn off1667
choke1747
to jack up1870
chuck up (the sponge)1878
chuckc1879
unget1893
sling1902
to jack in1948
punt1966
to-leave-
a1175 Cott. Hom. 221 Forgang þu ones treowes westm.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 5 Flesc for gan oðer fisch.
c1400 Melayne 307 Bid hym hawkes & houndes forgoo, And to dedis of armes hym doo.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 3 No greate pleasure shoulde be foregone thereby.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. ix. 9 I am vnarm'd forgoe this vantage Greeke. View more context for this quotation
1659 J. Milton Considerations touching Hirelings 119 Though Paul were pleasd to forgoe his due, and not to use his power..yet he had a power.
1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 73 Ah hapless Swain..Canst thou forgo Roast-Beef for nauseous Pills?
1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man ii. iii. 343 The Pleasures are to be foregone, and the Pains accepted.
1828 E. Irving Serm. I. p. liv Whatever He..forewent of infinite glory..is to be placed to the account of mankind.
1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. ii. v. 90 Wear but one robe the less—forego one meal.
1849 M. Arnold New Sirens Those slackened arms forgo The delight of death-embraces.
a. To go without (compulsorily), to be without; to miss, lack. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > possession > non-possession > not have [verb (transitive)] > lack > do without
forgoa1400
to go without ——?a1500
lack1551
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 23292 (MED) Mercy shul þei euer forgoon.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3443 His wijf þat lang had child for-gane Now sco bredes tua for ane.
a1400–50 Alexander 188 And gett agayn his awyn gronde at he forgais nowe.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxxii. 147 Alssone as þai forga þe smell of þam þai dye.
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the mind > possession > loss > lose [verb (transitive)]
losec950
forgarc1175
letc1200
leese?c1225
forgoc1275
tinec1300
wanta1425
lessena1500
becosta1522
amit1525
perish1531
to make shipwreck of1588
to come short of1690
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11043 Alc mon þe his lond hafde for-gan [c1300 Otho ilore].
1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) ii. sig. Aiij/1 Hem thynken oftymes that they maye neuer forgoo the likyng that they haue.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxvi. 451 He had suddeinly forgone his sight, which was afterward restored agayne.
ΚΠ
c1330 Amis & Amil. 1054 Than seighe he a weri knight forgon, Vnder a tre slepeand alon.
c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame i. 115 He that wery was for-go On pilgrimage myles two.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3527 Quen he al weri was forgan Ham he tok his wai o-nan.
a1400 Coer de L. 5472 Myn [horses] ar wery and forgon.
1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. xvi. 300 The poore slaue, all forgone at this..ougly sight, looked euery minute to be deuoured.
Derivatives
forˈgoing n.
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1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Col. ii. f. vv After suche forgoyng of your bodyes, which were thral to sinne.
1627 R. Sanderson Serm. I. 268 They chuse to be still ignorant, rather than hazard the forgoing of any part of that freedom.
1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. v. 87 The voluntary Foregoing many things which we desire.
forˈgone adj.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [adjective] > faint with emotion
forgone1828
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Foregone, forborne to be possessed or enjoyed.
forˈgoer n. one who forgoes (something).
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Abandonneur..forgoer.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Foregoer, one who forbears to enjoy.
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