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Forewent vs Forwent - What's the difference?

forewent | forwent |

As verbs the difference between forewent and forwent

is that forewent is simple past of forego while forwent is simple past of forgo.

forewent

English

Verb

(head)
  • (forego)

    • Anagrams

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    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.

    References

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    Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs

    forwent

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (forgo)
    • English irregular simple past forms