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Forewent: yay or nay?
It's a word. 30%  30%  [ 3 ]
Not all participles do words make. 70%  70%  [ 7 ]
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MontyTheMongoose
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:16 pm 
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A conclusion can be foregone, and you can forego an assignment, but can you say that you forewent?
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It's odd, but it's a word.
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i humbly defer to Ms. Mirriam and Mr. Webster, who vote "yay"
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forego
2 entries found for forego.
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forego[1,transitive verb]forego[2]

Main Entry: 1fore·go
Pronunciation: fOr-'gO, for-
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): fore·went /-'went/; fore·gone /-'gon also -'gän/; fore·go·ing /-'gO-i[ng], -'go(-)i[ng]/
: to go before : PRECEDE
- fore·go·er /-'gO(-&)r/ noun

http://webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?for ... v=forewent

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jsh
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I would accept foregoed because it sounds great: goooeeed
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Dusty Chalk
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I'm going to have to find a use for that word, now.

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