Chapter Fordone to Forehand of F by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Forego
(Fore*go"), v. t. [AS. foregan; fore + gan to go; akin to G. vorgehen to go before, precede. See Go, v. i.] To go before; to precede; — used especially in the present and past participles.

Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone.

Wordsworth.

For which the very mother's face forewent
The mother's special patience.

Mrs. Browning.

Foregone conclusion, one which has preceded argument or examination; one predetermined.

Foregoer
(Fore*go"er) n.

1. One who goes before another; a predecessor; hence, an ancestor; a progenitor.

2. A purveyor of the king; — so called, formerly, from going before to provide for his household. [Obs.]

Foregoer
(Fore*go"er), n. [Etymologically forgoer.] One who forbears to enjoy.

Foreground
(Fore"ground`) n. On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work of art itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6.

Foreguess
(Fore*guess") v. t. To conjecture. [Obs.]

Foregut
(Fore"gut`) n. (Anat.) The anterior part of the alimentary canal, from the mouth to the intestine, or to the entrance of the bile duct.

Forehand
(Fore"hand`) n.

1. All that part of a horse which is before the rider. Johnson.

2. The chief or most important part. Shak.

3. Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.

And, but for ceremony, such a wretch . . .
Had the forehand and vantage of a king.

Shak.

Forehand
(Fore"hand`), a. Done beforehand; anticipative.

And so extenuate the forehand sin.

Shak.