fordo

American  

[fawr-doo] / fɔrˈdu /

verb (used with object)

Archaic.

fordid, fordone, fordoing

1. to do away with; kill; destroy.

2. to ruin; undo.

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fordo British  

/ fɔːˈduː /

verb

1. to destroy

2. to exhaust

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Etymology

Origin of fordo

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

Example Sentences

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

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

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 Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

And then all they that longed to the castle came to him, and did him homage and fealty, praying him that he would abide there still a little while to fordo that foul custom.

From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

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

From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

So benevolent is God to mankind, that he has set his angels over us as guardians, that they may not allow the fierce devils to fordo us.

From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham