fordo

[ fawr-doo ]

verb (used with object)

, Archaic.

, for·did, for·done, for·do·ing.

1. to do away with; kill; destroy.
2. to ruin; undo.

fordo

/ fɔːˈduː /

verb

1. to destroy
2. to exhaust

Word History and Origins

Origin of fordo¹

before 900; Middle English fordon, Old English fordōn ( fore-, do ¹ ); cognate with Dutch verdoen, Old High German fartuon

Word History and Origins

Origin of fordo¹

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

Example Sentences

“They emphasize Fordo because they cannot get to it,” said Khamenei.

From The 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.

From Project Gutenberg

Full she drad that God the Wreaker all mankind would fordo with water for his evil sins.

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Me forthinketh, said King Pellinore, that this shall me betide, but God may fordo well destiny.

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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.

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And he then with that word drew him from the den, and ordered those to be cast in who before would fordo him.

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