Seeing himself confronted by so many, like a resolute orator, he
went not to denial, but to justify his cruel falsehood.
Sir P. Sidney.
Go, in this sense, is often used in the present participle with the
auxiliary verb to be, before an infinitive, to express a future of
intention, or to denote design; as, I was going to say; I am going to
begin harvest.
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7. To proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an act of
the memory or imagination; -- generally with over or through.
By going over all these particulars, you may receive some tolerable
satisfaction about this great subject.
South.