v. Obs. [f. WITH- + GO v.; in sense 1 OE. wiþgán.]
1. trans. To go against, act in opposition to, oppose; in pa. pple. opposed (to).
743–5. in Thorpe, Charters (1865), 29. Ond næfre ic ne mine last weardas … ʓeðristlæcen þæt heo hit [sc. a grant] onwenden oððe þon wiðgæn.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 27986. It [sc. lechery] es sua greif and god witgan Þat [etc.].
c. 1350. Leg. Rood, iii. 152. Þe sin of vs twa allane Was so grete and god withgane.
2. intr. To pass away; pa. pple. ? passed on their way.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 5085. Mi wret es me now al witgan [Gött. ouer-gan].
14[?]. in Tundale’s Vis. (1843), 158. I fared me furthe yn that frythe; I mett three comely kyngis with gone.
3. pass. To be possessed with.
c. 1375. Cursor M., 8915 (Fairf.). Ho is wode & wiþ be deuel withgane.
4. intr. To go with something else.
1608. Sylvester, Mem. Mortalitie, II. xxxvii. Th’ hand bindeth not except the heart with-go.
5. trans. To forgo.
a. 1677. Barrow, 2nd Serm. Ps. xc. 12, Wks. 1686, III. 174. Who for one … mess of Pottage … did withgo his birthright.
