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fordo

verb
for·​do | \ fȯr-ˈdü How to pronounce fordo (audio) \
variants: or less commonly
fordid\ fȯr-​ˈdid How to pronounce fordid (audio) \; fordone\ fȯr-​ˈdən How to pronounce fordone (audio) \; fordoing\ fȯr-​ˈdü-​iŋ How to pronounce fordoing (audio) \

Definition of fordo

transitive verb

1 archaic : to do away with : destroy
2 : to overcome with fatigue used only as past participle quite fordone with the heat

First Known Use of fordo

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for fordo

Middle English fordon, from Old English fordōn, from for- + dōn to do

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