Both Uses of
forgo
in
Sense and Sensibility
- She was faithful to her word; and when Willoughby called at the cottage, the same day, Elinor heard her express her disappointment to him in a low voice, on being obliged to forego the acceptance of his present.†
Chpt 12 *
- About noon, however, she began—but with a caution—a dread of disappointment which for some time kept her silent, even to her friend—to fancy, to hope she could perceive a slight amendment in her sister's pulse;—she waited, watched, and examined it again and again;—and at last, with an agitation more difficult to bury under exterior calmness, than all her foregoing distress, ventured to communicate her hopes.†
Chpt 43 *
Definitions:
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(forego as in: the foregoing event) to go before
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(forgo as in: forgo the benefit) do without