v. Alternative spelling of forgo; to abandon, to relinquish
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To quit; to relinquish; to leave.
v. 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.
v. To go before; to precede; -- used especially in the present and past participles.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To go before; precede.
To go forward; go on.
See forgo.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
v. do without or cease to hold or adhere to
v. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
v. be earlier in time; go back further
Word Usage
"An overlap complicates things slightly: forego is a variant spelling of forgo (“abstain, renounce, do without”) but the reverse is not the case, so avoiding this variation will help retain a useful distinction."