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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FOREGONE, pp. foregawn'.
1. Forborne to be possessed or enjoyed.
2. Gone before; past. Obs.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era" [syn: bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1575 previous, past

Oxford Reference Dictionary

past part. of FOREGO(1). --attrib.adj. previous, preceding, completed. Phrases and idioms: foregone conclusion an easily foreseen or predictable result.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Forego Fore*go", v. t. [imp. Forewent 2; p. p. Foregone (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Foregoing.] [See Forgo.] 1. To quit; to relinquish; to leave. Stay at the third cup, or forego the place. --Herbert. 2. 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. All my patrimony,, If need be, I am ready to forego. --Milton. Thy lovers must their promised heaven forego. --Keble. [He] never forewent an opportunity of honest profit. --R. L. Stevenson. Note: Forgo is the better spelling etymologically, but the word has been confused with Forego, to go before.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Foregone is the past participle of forego. 2. If you say that a particular result is a foregone conclusion, you mean you are certain that it will happen. Most voters believe the result is a foregone conclusion... PHRASE: usu v-link PHR, oft it v-link PHR that

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Predetermined, decided beforehand. 2. Bygone, past, previous, former.