fordone

for·do

also fore·do (fôr-do͞o′)

tr.v. for·did (-dĭd′), for·done (-dŭn′), for·do·ing, for·does (-dŭz′) also fore·did or fore·done or fore·do·ing or fore·does Archaic

1. To cause the death of; kill.

2. To bring to ruin; destroy.

[Middle English fordon, from Old English fordōn : for-, for- + dōn, to do; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]

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