foredo
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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What was in them and his face to make her afraid? eyes and face of a lover foredoing speech.
From The Unknown Sea by Clemence Housman
“But oh,” they sang together, “But oh, both day and night, My heart’s delight, Must one day leave foredone All might, all gone.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
This shallow pool which ruffling in the breeze, Spurts gold and azure at the morning sun, Ere night will be a blot of slimy lees, By the absorbing heat and wind foredone.
From A Century of Emblems by G. S. Cautley
"I am utterly foredone, and must fain succumb," said Grasp; "my better parts are vanquished, lo, I fall," and, as he sank under his burthen, the huge load rolled in heaps around him.
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Henry Curling
Now the hungry lion roars, And the wolf behowls the moon; Whilst the heavy ploughman snores, All with weary task foredone.
From The Children's Garland from the Best Poets by Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore
Wherefore a woeful wight am I, foredone and all distraught for love.
From Beltane the Smith by Jeffery Farnol
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