Part 4484

<hw>Foree"front`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Foremost part or place.</def>

<blockquote>Set ye Uriah in the <b>forefront</b> of the hottest battle. <i>2 Sam. xi. 15.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, standing in the <b>forefront</b> for all time, the masters of those who know. <i>J. C. Shairp.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Foregame</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore"game`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A first game; first plan.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Whitlock.</i>

<h1>Foreganger</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore"gang`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prop., a goer before cf. G. <ets>voreg\'84nger</ets>. See <er>Fore</er>, and <er>Gang</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer lin<?/ may be attached.</def>

<i>Totten.</i>

<h1>Foregather</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore*gath"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Forgather</er>.</def>

<h1>Foregift</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore"gift`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A premium paid by <?/ lessee when taking his lease.</def>

<h1>Foregleam</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore"gleam`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An antecedent or premonitory gleam; a dawning light.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>foregleams</b> of wisdom. <i>Whittier.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Forego</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore*go"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Forewent 2</er>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Foregone</er> <tt>(?; 115)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Foregoing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Forgo</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To quit; to relinquish; to leave.</def>

<blockquote>Stay at the third cup, or <b>forego</b> the place. <i>Herbert.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>All my patrimony,, If need be, I am ready to <b>forego</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Thy lovers must their promised heaven <b>forego</b>. <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote> never <b>forewent</b> an opportunity of honest profit. <i>R. L. Stevenson.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Forgo</i> is the better spelling etymologically, but the word has been confused with <er>Forego</er>, to go before.</note>

<h1>Forego</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore*go"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>foreg\'ben</ets>; <ets>fore + g\'ben</ets> to go; akin to G. <ets>vorgehen</ets> to go before, precede. See <er>GO</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>To go before; to precede; -- used especially in the present and past participles.</def>

<blockquote>Pleasing remembrance of a thought <b>foregone</b>. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>For which the very mother's face <b>forewent</b> The mother's special patience. <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></blockquote>