past tense of 'forgo'; to go without or abstain from something.
From Old English 'for-' (away, away from) + 'go' (to move). 'Forwent' is the past tense of 'forgo,' meaning to abstain from or do without.
We still use this word today!—'I forwent dessert'—making it one of the few survivors of this entire 'for-' prefix family in everyday English.
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