fordoforedov.
/fəˈduː//fɔːˈduː/ 1. † b. to fordo into or to: see destroy v. 7. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To put (a living being) out of existence, to kill; to put an end to (life). Obsolete exc. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)]
swevec725
quelmeOE
slayc893
quelleOE
of-falleOE
ofslayeOE
aquellc950
ayeteeOE
spillc950
beliveOE
to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE
fordoa1000
forfarea1000
asweveOE
drepeOE
forleseOE
martyrOE
to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE
bringc1175
off-quellc1175
quenchc1175
forswelta1225
adeadc1225
to bring of daysc1225
to do to deathc1225
to draw (a person) to deathc1225
murder?c1225
aslayc1275
forferec1275
to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275
martyrc1300
strangle1303
destroya1325
misdoa1325
killc1330
tailc1330
to take the life of (also fro)c1330
enda1340
to kill to (into, unto) death1362
brittena1375
deadc1374
to ding to deathc1380
mortifya1382
perisha1387
to dight to death1393
colea1400
fella1400
kill out (away, down, up)a1400
to slay up or downa1400
swelta1400
voida1400
deliverc1400
starvec1425
jugylc1440
morta1450
to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480
to put offc1485
to-slaya1500
to make away with1502
to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503
rida1513
to put downa1525
to hang out of the way1528
dispatch?1529
strikea1535
occidea1538
to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540
to fling to deathc1540
extinct1548
to make out of the way1551
to fet offa1556
to cut offc1565
to make away?1566
occise1575
spoil1578
senda1586
to put away1588
exanimate1593
unmortalize1593
speed1594
unlive1594
execute1597
dislive1598
extinguish1598
to lay along1599
to make hence1605
conclude1606
kill off1607
disanimate1609
feeze1609
to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611
to kill dead1615
transporta1616
spatch1616
to take off1619
mactate1623
to make meat of1632
to turn up1642
inanimate1647
pop1649
enecate1657
cadaverate1658
expedite1678
to make dog's meat of1679
to make mincemeat of1709
sluice1749
finisha1753
royna1770
still1778
do1780
deaden1807
deathifyc1810
to lay out1829
cool1833
to use up1833
puckeroo1840
to rub out1840
cadaverize1841
to put under the sod1847
suicide1852
outkill1860
to fix1875
to put under1879
corpse1884
stiffen1888
tip1891
to do away with1899
to take out1900
stretch1902
red-light1906
huff1919
to knock rotten1919
skittle1919
liquidate1924
clip1927
to set over1931
creasea1935
ice1941
lose1942
to put to sleep1942
zap1942
hit1955
to take down1967
wax1968
trash1973
ace1975
a1000 Confess. Ecgberti ii. §2 in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) II. 180 Be þam wifmen þe..hire bearn fordeð.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 426 Caym ðat abel for-dede.
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Phyllis. 2557 She for dispayr fordede hyre self.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2867 For if ani fische þar-in bigane..þe lijf it es for-don wit stink.
c1460 How Goode Wif thaught Doughter 140 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 189 Many for folye hem self for-doothe.
a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) iv. sig. Gi Ofspring of eche race With mortal warr eche other may fordoe.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 216 This doth betoken, The corse they follow, did with desprat hand Foredoo it owne life. View more context for this quotation
a1659 R. Brownrig 65 Serm. (1674) I. xxi. 274 He trembles, despairs, is ready to foredo himself.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 348 By the sword's edge his life shall be foredone.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > reprobation > cause reprobation [verb (transitive)]
to fordo into or toc950
fordeemc1000
damnc1325
to destroy into or toc1380
reprobatec1451
condemn1489
pretermit1608
Tartarize1675
Tartarus1856
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. x. 28 Ah is rehtræ ðone ondredes seðe mæge & ða s[a]uel & lic-homa fordoa in tintergo.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 17 Betere hit is þet heo beon ispilled of heore licome þenne mid alle fordon to þes deofles hond.
a1200 Moral Ode 274 And al þo þe ani wise deuel iquemde Þo beð mid hem in helle fordon and demde.
2. To destroy, ruin, spoil, wreck (a place or thing); to lay waste (land). archaic.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > devastate or lay waste (a place, etc.)
harryc893
fordoc900
awesteeOE
westeeOE
losec950
harrowc1000
destroyc1230
wastec1275
ravishc1325
to lie waste1338
exilea1382
to-wastea1382
unronea1400
desolatea1425
vast1434
fruster?a1513
to lay waste1535
wipe1535
devast1537
depopulate1548
populate1552
forwaste1563
ruinate1564
havoc1575
scourge1576
dispopulate1588
destitute1593
ravage1602
harassa1618
devastate1638
execute1679
to make stroy of1682
to lay in ashes1711
untown1783
hell-rake1830
uncity1850
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) ii. x. [xiv.] 138 Se biscop..towearp & fordyde þa wigbed.
?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1137 Þe land was al fordon mid suilce dædes.
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 884 A tempest þat tyme began to falle And fordede here vynys alle.
1357 Lay Folks Catech. 489 Sklaundir for to fordo a mannes gode fame.
1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 141 They..ffor doth the coyne..And maketh the peple ffor pens-lac in pointe ffor to wepe.
c1460 How Wise Man Taught Son 76 in J. Ritson Pieces Anc. Pop. Poetry (1791) 86 Were thy complexion neuyr so strong, Wyth surfet thou mayst fordo that.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 412 Syne tuk he salt..And ded horsis, and fordid the well.
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 375 He raysed upp..consciences that were utterly foredone.
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 388 Throne wrecked on throne, All ruined and foredone.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > destroy or ruin a person
spillc950
amarOE
smitelOE
aspillc1175
mischievec1325
to bid (something) misadventurec1330
mara1375
fordoc1380
undo1390
wrack1564
to make roast meat of (also for)1565
wrake1567
wreck1590
speed1594
feeze1609
to do a person's business1667
cook1708
to settle a person's hash1795
diddle1806
to fix1836
raddle1951
the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of)
benimc890
to do of ——eOE
bedealc1000
disturbc1230
bereavec1275
reave?a1300
acquitc1300
benemec1300
deprivec1330
privea1382
subvertc1384
oppressc1395
abridgea1400
to bate of, from1399
lessa1400
nakena1400
dischargea1425
privatec1425
to bring outa1450
abatec1450
sever?1507
spulyie?1507
denude1513
disable1529
distrain1530
destituec1540
destitutec1540
defalk1541
to turn out of ——1545
discomfit1548
wipe1549
nude1551
disannul?a1556
bereft1557
diminish1559
benoom1563
joint1573
uncase1583
rid1585
disarm1590
visitc1592
ease1600
dispatch1604
unfurnisha1616
rig1629
retrench1640
unbecomea1641
disentail1641
cashier1690
twin1722
mulct1748
fordo1764
to do out of ——1796
to cut out1815
bate1823
deprivate1832
devoid1878
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2269 Now helpeþ ȝow silue on þes cas or ellis ȝe buþ for-done.
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (ix. 13) He [God]..keepeth in his bosome, those which (as touching the fleshe) seeme vtterly fordoone.
1647 H. More Philos. Poems 264 These bad arts that have foredone Many a bold wit.
1764 C. Churchill Independence 12 Lioness of royal whelps foredone.
4. † a. To abolish (an institution, etc.); to annul (a law, etc.). Obsolete.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)]
fordoOE
allayOE
withdrawc1290
withclepe13..
again-callc1390
to call againc1390
repealc1390
revokec1400
unmakec1400
rive1415
annulc1425
abroge1427
uncommandc1430
discharge?a1439
retreatc1443
retract1501
cancela1513
abrogate?1520
dissolve1526
extinct1531
rescind1531
abrenounce1537
infringe1543
recall1565
unwrite1577
extinguish1590
exauctorate1593
relinquish1594
unact1594
to strike off1597
undecide1601
unpass1606
to take off1609
to draw back1610
reclaim1615
to put back1616
abrenunciate1618
unrip1622
supersedeate1641
to set off1642
unassure1643
unorder1648
to ask away1649
disdetermine1651
unbespeak1661
undecree1667
reassumea1675
off-break1702
circumduct1726
raise1837
resiliate1838
denounce1841
disorder1852
pull1937
society > law > rule of law > illegality > render illegal [verb (transitive)] > deprive of legal validity
abatea1325
squatcha1325
voida1325
allayc1325
annul1395
reverse1395
revokec1400
rupt?a1425
repealc1425
abroge1427
defeat1429
purloin1461
cassa1464
toll1467
resume1472
reprove1479
suspend1488
discharge1495
reduce1498
cassate1512
defease1512
denulla1513
disannula1513
fordoa1513
avoid1514–5
abrogate?1520
frustrate1528
revert1528
disaffirm?1530
extinct1530
resolve1537
null1538
nihilate1545
extinguish1548
elidec1554
revocate1564
annullate1570
squat1577
skaila1583
irritate1605
retex1606
nullify1607
unable1611
refix1621
vitiate1627
invalid1643
vacate1643
unlaw1644
outlaw1647
invalidate1649
disenact1651
vacuate1654
supersedec1674
destroy1805
break1891
OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 986 Se cyning fordyde þæt b'rice æt Hrofe ceastre.
c1320 tr. J. Bonaventura Medit. 186 A newe testament he gan sone, þe olde sacryfyce to fordone.
1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. nn.iii Oblacyons and sacrefyces whiche be now vtterly fordone.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xvv The enterdyccion was adnullyd & fordoon in the moneth of Iulii.
1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes ii, in Wks. 198/2 Ye would not I truste that lent were fordone.
1532 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xli. 109 To cause the said injust exactions..to cease & to be foredoen for ever.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 149 All statutes and ordynaunces before made..were vtterly fordone and set at naught.
1833 J. G. Whittier Ex. New Eng. Leg. 3 How has New England's romance fled..Its rites foredone, its guardians dead.
b. To do away with, put away, remove. Chiefly with immaterial object, esp. sin. Obsolete or archaic.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > eradicate or extirpate > sin, fear, etc.
updrawc1290
fordo1340
extirp1483
roota1500
dissipate1532
extirpate1538
profligate1542
rout1559
disperse1563
rescind1579
resolve1580
overplough1596
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 3391 Syns þat er veniele..may be here Fordon on light manere.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. cxliv. 1055 Bark [and] fruyt þerof [sc. þe ellerne tree] ysoden with [emended in ed. to in] salt water fordoþ swellyng of feet.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 10052 Gastly gladnes was hir emydd, þat al ille heuynes it for-didd.
c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 2432 The lauender That neuer might for noo washing For-doo the spottes of the weping.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. (1609) xli. iii. 1098 To..wipe away and foredoe the shamefull blot.
1894 F. S. Ellis Reynard the Fox 146 Now Reynard, to foredo the brand Of sin, will to the Holy Land.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] > neutralize or counteract
fordoc1175
counterpoisec1374
correct1578
countercheck1590
countervail1590
cancel1633
counterbalance1636
counterswaya1640
countermand1645
counter-influence1667
counteract1694
destroy1726
neutralizea1797
counterweigh1825
antagonize1833
mitigate1857
kill1858
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 105 Þenne maȝe we fordon swa þa deofliche ȝitsunge.
a1225 Leg. Kath. 484 Ichulle fordon þe wisdom of þeos wise worldmen.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 822 Þonne is þes hundes smel fordo.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 87 For soth it was grete skathe, his passage was fordone.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 152 Venym for-doth venym.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11947 Þat i do þou it for-dos.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 26 They will fordoe and frusrate the dangers pronounced.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)]
wendOE
forshapeOE
workOE
awendOE
makec1175
turna1200
forwenda1325
change1340
shape1362
transmewc1374
transposec1380
puta1382
convertc1384
exchangea1400
remue?a1400
makea1425
reduce?a1425
removec1425
resolvea1450
transvertc1450
overchangec1480
mew1512
transmutea1513
wring1524
reduct1548
transform1556
innovate1561
metamorphose1576
transume1579
metamorphize1587
transmove1590
transchangea1599
transfashion1601
deflect1613
fordo1624
entail1628
transmutate1632
distila1637
to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1637
transqualify1652
unconvert1654
simulate1658
spend1668
transverse1687
hocus-pocus1774
mutate1796
fancy1801
to change around1871
metamorphosize1888
catalyse1944
morph1996
1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον i. 53 Nisus and Scilla are in shape foredoone, He to a hawke, she to a larke is shifted.
7. Past participle only: Exhausted, overdone, wearied out, ‘done up’. archaic.
ΚΠ
a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Ciiiv Go see where thow hast left Anchises thy father fordone with age.
1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn ii. sig. B2 My hart is mazd, my senses all foredone.
1718 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia vi. 744 Universal Nature stands foredone.
1796 S. T. Coleridge Ode Departing Year 13 All foredone with toil and wounds Death-like h dozes among heaps of Dead!
1867 M. Arnold Southern Night vii With Indian heats at last fordone.
Derivatives
forˈdoing n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun]
end832
bale-sithea1000
wrakea1275
wonderc1275
destroyingc1300
destruction1340
contritionc1384
stroying1396
undoing1398
tininga1400
ruinc1425
fatec1430
fordoingc1450
perishing?1523
shipwreck1526
pernicion?1530
ruining1562
ruinating1587
defeasance1590
defeature1592
breakneck1598
ruination1599
defeat1600
doom1609
planet-striking1611
mismaking1615
rasurea1616
destructa1638
perition1640
interemption1656
smashing1821
degrowth1876
uncreation1884
creative destruction1927
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 84 Þe secunde fote brede of wose in dede of enuye is a fordoyng; þat is, whanne, for enuye in þi dede, þou dystroyest him þat wolde do ryȝt.
forˈdoer n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > one who or that which destroys
baneOE
losera1340
leeserc1380
stroyerc1380
destroyer1382
ravenerc1390
castera1400
confounder1401
wastera1425
stroyc1440
undoerc1440
unmakerc1450
confounderess1509
hydraa1513
stroy-good1540
abolisher1548
thunderbolt1559
disannullera1572
stroy-all1573
ruiner1581
down-puller1583
murdererc1585
spendingc1595
blaster1598
assassin1609
ruinater1609
dissolver1611
minerc1614
destructioner1621
fordoer1631
sinker1632
destructive1640
deletery1642
assassinatea1658
ruinator1658
destroyeress1662
destructora1691
dissolvent1835
solvent1841
wrecker1882
destructant1889
1631 J. Done Polydoron 129 Desperate foredoers of themselues denote that they turn'd their backs upon God.
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