FORDONE

Etymology

Verb

fordone

simple past tense and past participle of fordo

Adjective

fordone (comparative more fordone, superlative most fordone)

Exhausted; worn out; overcome.

Destroyed; utterly ruined.

Anagrams

• done for

Source: Wiktionary


For*done", a. Etym: [See Fordo.]

Definition: Undone; ruined. [Obs.] Spenser.

FORDO

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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