fordo

[ fawr-doo ]

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

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

Origin of fordo

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

Also foredo.

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British Dictionary definitions for fordo

fordo

foredo

/ (fɔːˈduː) /

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

to destroy
to exhaust

Origin of fordo

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

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