[f. FOREGO v. + -ING1.]
1. The action of the vb. FOREGO; a going before, preceding, or leading the way.
1581. Sidney, Apol. Poetrie (Arb.), 21. After whom, encouraged and delighted with theyr excellent fore-going, others haue followed, to beautifie our mother tongue, as wel in the same kinde as in other Arts.
1656. trans. Hobbes’ Elem. Philos. (1839), 130. Their verity depends not upon our knowledge, but upon the foregoing of their causes.
† 2. That which goes before. Obs.–1
1598. Florio, Preambulo, a preamble, a foregoing.
