Dictionary Home » Dictionary Definitions » fordo

fordo

(fôr do̵̅o̅′)

transitive verb fordid, fordone, fordoing

to destroy, kill, ruin, etc.
to cause to become exhausted: only in the pp.

Origin: ME fordon < OE: see for- & do

See fordo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also fore·do

transitive verb for·did also fore·did (-dĭdˈ), for·done also fore·done (-dŭnˈ), for·do·ing also fore·do·ing, for·does also fore·does (-dŭzˈ)
Archaic

To bring to ruin; destroy.
To exhaust utterly.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English fordon

Origin: , from Old English fordōn

Origin: : for-, for-

Origin: + dōn, to do; see dhē- in Indo-European roots

link/cite print suggestion box

More from YD