fordone

fordone
/fawr dun"/, adj. Archaic.
exhausted with fatigue.
Also, foredone.
[1580-90; ptp. of FORDO]

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  • Fordone — For*done , a. [See {Fordo}.] Undone; ruined. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fordone — adj. (Archaic) tired, exhausted; ruinedv. get rid of; destroy; kill; ruin, undo, bring to ruin; weary, exhaust through overwork …   English contemporary dictionary

  • fordone — /fɔˈdʌn/ (say faw dun) adjective Obsolete exhausted with fatigue …  

  • fordone — /fawr dun /, adj. Archaic. exhausted with fatigue. Also, foredone. [1580 90; ptp. of FORDO] …   Useful english dictionary

  • fordo — also foredo transitive verb (fordid; fordone; fordoing) Etymology: Middle English fordon, from Old English fordōn, from for + dōn to do Date: before 12th century 1. archaic to do away with ; destroy 2. to overcome with fatigue used only as …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Fordo — For*do , v. t. [OE. fordon, AS. ford?n; pref. for + d?n to do. See {For }, and {Do}, v. i.] 1. To destroy; to undo; to ruin. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] This is the night That either makes me or fordoes me quite. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To overcome… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fordo — /fawr dooh /, v.t., fordid, fordone, fordoing. Archaic. 1. to do away with; kill; destroy. 2. to ruin; undo. Also, foredo. [bef. 900; ME fordon, OE fordon (see FORE , DO1); c. D verdoen, OHG fartuon] * * * …   Universalium

  • foredone — /fawr dun , fohr /, adj. fordone. * * * …   Universalium

  • fordo — /fɔˈdu/ (say faw dooh) verb (t) (fordid, fordone, fordoing) Obsolete 1. to do away with; kill; destroy. 2. to ruin; undo. Also, foredo. {Middle English, Old English fordon. See for , do1} …  

  • fordo — [fôr do͞o′] vt. fordid, fordone, fordoing [ME fordon < OE: see FOR & DO1] Archaic 1. to destroy, kill, ruin, etc. 2. to cause to become exhausted: only in the pp …   English World dictionary

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