Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, standing in the forefront for all time,
the masters of those who know.
J. C. Shairp.
Fore"game` (?), n. A first game; first plan. [Obs.] Whitlock.
Fore"gang`er (?), n. [Prop., a goer before cf. G. voreg‰nger. See Fore,
and Gang.] (Naut.) A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer
line may be attached. Totten.
Fore*gath"er (?), v. i. Same as Forgather.
Fore"gift` (?), n. (Law) A premium paid by a lessee when taking his
lease.
Fore"gleam` (?), n. An antecedent or premonitory gleam; a dawning
light.
The foregleams of wisdom.
Whittier.
Fore*go" (?), v. t. [imp. Forewent 2; p. p. Foregone (?; 115); p. pr. &
vb. n. Foregoing.] [See Forgo.] 1. To quit; to relinquish; to leave.
Stay at the third cup, or forego the place.
Herbert.
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.
Milton.
Thy lovers must their promised heaven forego.
Keble.
[He] never forewent an opportunity of honest profit.
R. L. Stevenson.
Forgo is the better spelling etymologically, but the word has been
confused with Forego, to go before.
Fore*go", v. t. [AS. foregn; fore + gn 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.
Fore*go"er (?), n. 1. One who goes before another; a predecessor;
hence, an ancestor; a progenitor.
2. A purveyor of the king; -- so called, formerly, from going before to
provide for his household. [Obs.]
Fore*go"er, n. [Etymologically forgoer.] One who forbears to enjoy.
Fore"ground` (?), n. On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief,
mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which
is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of
the work of art itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6.