Forewent [verb]

Definition of Forewent:

do without

Synonyms of Forewent:


Opposite/Antonyms of Forewent:

Finish

Do

Veto

Deny

Refuse

Complete


Sentence/Example of Forewent:

Commerce for the time forewent its eminence, the soldier stepped to the front.

It was through the intervention of Ugolino that he forewent this mission.

But this I know: it was out of their inordinate desire for joy that they forewent joy.

Let him catch them ashore at Wapping, if the devil forewent his due; let him catch them, that was all!

S—— forewent for a moment his amber mouthpiece to give us his experience and opinion.

So they all forewent him and he entered till they brought him to the door of the Divan.

What if she forewent her native instinct and the mother said, "My boy is deformed, a cripple—let him die?"

They who forewent us did leave room for us; and should we grieve to do the same to those who should come after us?

The first prize which fell to Caesar was the consulship, to secure which he forewent the triumph which he had earned in Spain.