27. forgo
Published in
Mar 26, 2022
forgone, the things of yesterdays.
~Livy, 25 March 2022
definition
forgo [/fôrˈgō,fərˈgō/]
verb. to go without
extended definition
- to omit, leave out
- to decline to take, usually something valuable
- to refrain from
- to surrender (something)
etymology
Old English: for- “away” + gan “go” → forgan “abstain from, leave undone, neglect”
references
- definitions from Oxford Languages via Google’s English Dictionary
- etymology (word origin information) from Online Etymology Dictionary (“etymonline”)
