fordone
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of fordone
First recorded in 1580–90; past participle of fordo
Example Sentences
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His body fordone with age is by them considered to be full of the spirit of wisdom.
From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey
He came across them as they fared slowly down the bent, looking weary and fordone.
From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May
The ruffled fag fordone with care And brooding, God would ease this pain: Him soothest thou and smoothest down Till some content return again.
From John Marr and Other Poems by Melville, Herman
Lo, I'm a man fordone, in this world and the next, Except my spright of God be solaced and consoled!
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II by Payne, John
And now that gentle lord was all fordone with sweat and toil, he and his charger; and so weary were they that scarcely could they any longer breathe.'
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by Symonds, John Addington
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