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FORDO
Etymology
Verb
fordo (third-person singular simple present fordoes, present participle fordoing, simple past fordid, past participle fordone)
(obsolete) To kill, destroy.
(obsolete) To annul, abolish, cancel.
(archaic) To do away with, undo; to ruin.
(archaic) To overcome with fatigue; to exhaust.
Anagrams
• Frodo, do for, frood
Source: Wiktionary
For*do", v. t. Etym: [OE. fordon, AS. ford; pref. for- + d to do. See For-, and Do, v. i.]
1. To destroy; to undo; to ruin. [Obs.] This is the night That either makes me or fordoes me quite. Shak.
2. To overcome with fatigue; to exhaust. M. Arnold. All with weary task fordone. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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