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be earlier in time; go back further;
"Stone tools precede bronze tools"
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do without or cease to hold or adhere to;
"We are dispensing with formalities"
"relinquish the old ideas"
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lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime;
"you've forfeited your right to name your successor"
"forfeited property"