Dictionary entry

Forego (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fore‐go″, v. t. [AS. foregān; fore + gān to go; akin to G. vorgehen to go before, precede. See Go, v. i.] To go before; to precede; — used especially in the present and past participles.

Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone. Wordsworth.

For which the very mother's face forewent

The mother's special patience. Mrs. Browning.

Foregone conclusion, one which has preceded argument or examination; one predetermined.