fordo

[fawr-doo]

for·do

[fawr-doo]
verb (used with object), for·did, for·done, for·do·ing. Archaic.
1.
to do away with; kill; destroy.
2.
to ruin; undo.
Also, foredo.


Origin:
before 900; Middle English fordon, Old English fordōn (see fore-, do1); cognate with Dutch verdoen, Old High German fartuon
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fordo or foredo (fɔːˈduː)
 
vb , -does, -doing, -did, -done
1.  to destroy
2.  to exhaust
 
[Old English fordōn; related to Old Saxon fardōn, Old High German fartuon, Dutch verdoen; see for-, do1]
 
foredo or foredo
 
vb
 
[Old English fordōn; related to Old Saxon fardōn, Old High German fartuon, Dutch verdoen; see for-, do1]

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