fordo
fordo · fordoes · fordid · fordone · fordoing
To kill, destroyTo kill, destroy.
/fɔː(ɹ)ˈduː/
Meaning
4 senses(obsolete)To kill, destroy.
(obsolete)To annul, abolish, cancel.
(archaic)To do away with, undo; to ruin.
(archaic)To overcome with fatigue; to exhaust.
Origin
From Middle English fordon, from Old English fordōn (“to undo, bring to naught, ruin, destFrom Middle English fordon, from Old English fordōn (“to undo, bring to naught, ruin, destroy, abolish, kill, corrupt, seduce, defile”), from Proto-West Germanic *fradōn (“to ruin, destroy”), equivalent to for- + do. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ferdwo (“to waste, consume”), West Frisian ferdwaan (“to waste”), Dutch verdoen (“to kill, waste”), German Low German verdoon (“to waste, consume”), German vertun (“to waste, spend, consume”).
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Forms
fordoes, fordoing, fordid, fordoneLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle