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Definition of "forewent" [forewent]

  • Past tense of forego1. (verb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "forewent" in a sentence
  • "Donning his signature glasses, he forewent his usual opening segment and re-enacted Beck's melodramatic sign off to a tee before moving on to three more hilarious segments dissecting all his quirks."
  • "But this I know: it was out of their inordinate desire for joy that they forewent joy."
  • "She also forewent Caring 4 Cancer and has been penciling numbers into boxes."
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