fordo

[ fawr-doo ]

/ fɔrˈdu /

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verb (used with object), for·did, for·done, for·do·ing.Archaic.

to do away with; kill; destroy.

to ruin; undo.

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Also foredo.

Origin of fordo

before 900; Middle English fordon,Old English fordōn (see fore-, do¹); cognate with Dutch verdoen,Old High German fartuon

Words nearby fordo

Forde, for dear life, Ford, Gerald, Ford, Henry, fordless, fordo, fordone, fore, fore-and-aft, fore-and-after, fore-and-aft rig

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How to use fordo in a sentence

“They emphasize Fordo because they cannot get to it,” said Khamenei.
Iran Supreme Leader Spills the Nuke Talk Secrets|IranWire|July 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Forsooth this is a shameful custom of a lady, and if I had not a great matter in my hand I should fordo your evil customs.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II)|Thomas Malory
Full she drad that God the Wreaker all mankind would fordo with water for his evil sins.
Ulysses|James Joyce
Me forthinketh, said King Pellinore, that this shall me betide, but God may fordo well destiny.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I (of II)|Thomas Malory

The wolf is the devil, who lies in ambush about God's church, and watches how he may fordo the souls of christian men with sins.
The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church|lfric
And he then with that word drew him from the den, and ordered those to be cast in who before would fordo him.
The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church|lfric

British Dictionary definitions for fordo

fordo

foredo

/ (fɔːˈduː) /

verb -does, -doing, -did or -done (tr) archaic

to destroy

to exhaust

Word Origin for fordo

Old English fordōn; related to Old Saxon fardōn, Old High German fartuon, Dutch verdoen; see for-, do 1

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