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Forego is a related term of cede.


As a verb forego

is to precede, to go before or forego can be ; to abandon, to relinquish.

As a noun cede is

cd (compact disk).

forego

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) .

Verb

  • To precede, to go before.
  • * Wordsworth
  • pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone
    Usage notes
    * The sense to precede'' is usually found in the form of the participles ''foregone'' (especially in the phrase "a foregone conclusion") and ''foregoing (usually used either attributively, as in "the foregoing discussion", or substantively, as in "subject to the foregoing").

    Etymology 2

    See forgo

    Verb

  • ; to abandon, to relinquish
  • * 1762 Waller, T. The White Witch of the Wood, or the Devil of Broxbon'', in ''The Beauties of all the Magazines Selected, for the Year 1762 , Vol. I (February), page 34:
  • […] for on no other terms does she desire a reconciliation, but will sooner forego all the hopes to which her birth entitles her, and get her bread by service, than ever yield to become the wife of the ——.
    Usage notes
    * Many writers prefer the spelling forgo on the grounds that it avoids ambiguity.

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    cede

    English

    Verb

    (ced)
  • To give up, give way, give away.
  • Edward decided to cede the province.