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foredoes

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fore⋅do

  [fawr-doo, fohr-]
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–verb (used with object), -did, -done, -do⋅ing.
fordo.

for⋅do

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

Origin:
bef. 900; ME fordon, OE fordōn (see fore-, do 1 ); c. D verdoen, OHG fartuon
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for·do also fore·do   (fôr-dōō', fōr-)   
tr.v.   for·did also fore·did (-dĭd'), for·done also fore·done (-dŭn'), for·do·ing also fore·do·ing, for·does also fore·does (-dŭz') Archaic

  1. To bring to ruin; destroy.

  2. To exhaust utterly.


[Middle English fordon, from Old English fordōn : for-, for- + dōn, to do; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]
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