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fordo
[fawr-
doo
]
/fɔrˈdu/
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Word Origin
verb (used with object)
,
fordid,
fordone,
fordoing.
Archaic.
1.
to do away with; kill; destroy.
2.
to ruin; undo.
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Also,
foredo
.
Origin of
fordo
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Middle English
Old English
900
before 900;
Middle English
fordon,
Old English
fordōn
(see
fore-
,
do
1
); cognate with
Dutch
verdoen,
Old High German
fartuon
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British Dictionary definitions for
fordoes
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fordo
/
fɔːˈduː
/
verb
(
transitive
) (
archaic
)
-does,
-doing,
-did,
-done
1.
to destroy
2.
to exhaust
Word Origin
Old English
fordōn
; related to Old Saxon
fardōn
, Old High German
fartuon
, Dutch
verdoen
; see
for-
,
do
1
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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fordo
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Word Value for
fordoes
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