undoingn.¹

Etymology: < undo v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈdoing.

†1. Exposition; interpretation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun]

keyeOE

undoinga1330

expositiona1340

declarationc1374

declaringc1374

clearingc1380

expoundingc1380

explanationa1382

interpretation1382

exploitingc1390

unfolding1483

explicating1531

explication1537

clearance?1548

elucidation1570

explaining1576

manifestation1576

untwining1577

illustration1581

untwisting1591

eviscerating1599

unclouding1601

enodation1603

opening1611

dilucidation1615

unsnarling1640

declarement1646

enucleation1650

illumination1656

dilucidatinga1660

luciferousness1665

clarifying1677

unravelling1713

disentanglement1751

exegesis1770

disambiguation1827

evisceration1831

keyword1848

clarificationa1866

exponence1880

exponency1880

straightening1900

demystification1964

a1330 Seuyn Sages (W.) 2352 He scholde..brenge a besaund to offring, And of his sweuen have undoing.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xl. 8 And Joseph seide to hem, Whether not of God is the vndoyng?

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. iv. xxvi. 2576 Discripcion is wrytynge In til our propyr vndoynge.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 365/1 Ondoynge, or expownynge, exposicio.

2. The action of opening, unfastening, taking apart, loosening, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [noun]

undoinga1425

leesingc1440

loosing1482

dissolution1548

unlocking1568

unloosing1578

loosening1598

unbinding1598

untying1598

abstriction1650

unclenching1688

unclinching1688

apoptosis1749

unreeving1775

unloosening1793

a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) 1 Cor. vii. 27 If þou art bowndyn to a wif, seeke þou not vndoyng.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 365/1 Ondoynge, or opynynge of schettellys, or sperellys, apercio.

c1480 (a1400) St. Thomas Apostle 477 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 142 Of þat ee þe vndoynge Is of oure harte & vndirstandinge.

1486 Bk. St. Albans, Hunting e iii Now of thage & undoyng of the boore.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Disciolare,..to put off hose and doublet without vndoing of points.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 484 The heeles of their shooes are seldome pulled up, to saue labour of vndoing them.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 912 They all bring about a loosening of the frame~work of..nervous matter... The muscular system also..shows a like undoing.

a. The action of bringing to nought, destroying, or ruining; the fact of being so dealt with; the state of being undone; also (with a), an instance of this.Quotations under (a) illustrate the active, those under (b) the passive, use of the word.

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

(a)

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS) x. iii It is þe leste party and laste in undoynge of the body.

1423 Rolls of Parl. IV. 198/2 In hy udoyng to the Kynges Liege peple, and ayenis the ordenaunce and statuts.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 365/1 Ondoynge, or dystroyynge, dissipacio, destruccio.

1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. bii*^v May nane do thame na deir with vndoyng.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Sfaccimento, a defacing,..a defeasance, an vndooing.

a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 358 If thou leauest out the manner of doing, this is an vndoing to thy doing.

1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life v. 59 An undoing to him, in point of reputation.

(b)c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 9125 The Grekes were in point of vndoyng: Ne hadde ther comen ther riche kyng.1415 in 43rd Ann. Rep. Deputy Keeper Public Rec. (1882) App. i. 583 in Parl. Papers (C. 3425) XXXVI. 1 Hit has broghte me to yis shame and undoyng.1503–4 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) p. cxiii Sir Roger Hastings is at the point of undoinge, because hee hath not money to pay where he ought to pay.1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. vi. sig. L.vi/1 Neither doest thou read that the state..of the Israelites was euer at any time in greater daunger and peril of vndooing.1614 R. Tailor Hogge hath lost Pearle iv How many country Clyents then might rest, Free from vndooing!a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) XI. 183 He that ventures to be a surety for another, ventures an undoing for his sake.

b. With possessive pronoun or genitive.Chiefly in passive sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > state of being destroyed or ruined

lossc897

losingc950

lore971

destructionc1330

forlesing1340

lostc1374

undoing1377

perditiona1382

shendc1400

decay1535

rack1599

undoneness1835

wanthrift1929

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 589 Danyel of her vndoynge deuyned and seyde [etc.].

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 127 He took redyly þo ȝiftes, & þat was cause of his vndoyng.

?1478 W. Worcester in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 424 Now he ys vppon hys makyng by vertues gouernaunce or vndoyng to the contrarye.

1562 Bp. J. Pilkington Expos. Abdyas Pref. 16 They saved your lyves and goods, not seeking your undoinge when it laye in their handes.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 353 For, exposed he was..to the accesse of as manie as sought the undoing of others.

1679 J. Goodman Penitent Pardoned (1713) ii. i. 157 His undoing was his making, and his misfortune proved his recovery.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 154 You see your Undoing has been long hatching.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIV lxxxv. 157 The latter works its own undoing.

1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. ix. 225 He was not the first that has..brought about his own undoing.

c. In the phrase to (one's) undoing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [phrase] > to destruction

to (one's) undoing?1456

?1456 J. Dory in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 153 Thei wuld put alle juparte vp-on me to myn vtter ondoyng.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. FFvii Lest he gette helpe of thy superiour, and so venquisshe the to thy vtter vndoyng.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward V f. v^v Whiche..might abuse the name of his commaundemente to any of our vndoyng.

1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) App. 138 By that meanes all his creditors came upon him to his utter undoinge.

1641 W. Hakewill Libertie of Subj. 83 That desperate motion that had been made against them to all their utter undoings.

1883 R. Whitelaw tr. Sophocles Ajax 402 But me the child of Zeus..plagues To my undoing.

4. A cause of ruin or destruction.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > one who or that which destroys > cause of

lossc1386

undoing1390

ruinc1480

destruction1529

stumbling-block1535

fall1593

perdition1649

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 229 Which was to him his undoinge.

a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1906) 60 Adam..beleued his wyff, the whiche was dethe and vndoyng to hym and her, and to us all.

1576 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 414 It is an accion of accompt..like to be the vtter vndooing both of him and his.

1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles ii. i. 197 It had beene her undooing t' have hime seene.

1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 420 The Soldiers brake out into great disorders..; they were a terror to all, and an undoing to many.

1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. iv. 5 Mary-bone and the Chocolate-houses are his undoing.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 253 She will tell the truth, if it should be the undoing of her.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1875) III. xiii. 264 The marriage of Emma had well nigh been the undoing of England.

a. The action of reversing, annulling, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [noun]

revoking1395

revocationc1400

cassationc1425

annulling1449

reclamationa1475

annulmenta1492

retractation1531

disannulling1533

abrogation1535

cancellation1535

retraction1536

extinguishment1537

undoing1540

abrenunciation1557

revocating1570

reversement1572

revokement1573

annihilation1579

revocatory1579

annullity1586

retroversion1587

rescission1594

recall1597

recision1606

disannulment1611

repeal1612

rasurea1616

cancelment1621

retractinga1624

cancelling1631

extinction1651

circumduction1726

cassing1844

recallment1845

cancel1884

1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 30 §1 The said judgementes..shall stande..without any reuersell or vndooyng of the same.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rompement,..a cancelling, dissoluing, infringing, vndoing.

1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 16 Our Trade of doing, and undoing, will be endlesse.

1866 J. H. Newman Let. to Pusey 36 He..became man, that by what way the disobedience arising from the serpent had its beginning, by that way also it might have an undoing.

1891 J. Winsor Columbus ii. 50 When Isabella decreed the undoing of Columbus's kidnapping exploits.

b. Psychoanalysis. The obsessive repetition of a ritualistic action as if to undo some previous event, action, or attitude, or to signify that it never happened, usually a symptom of obsessional neurosis.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > morbid preoccupation > purposeless repetition of words or movements

verbigeration1877

headbanging1886

head nodding1889

echopraxia1904

stereotypy1909

undoing1927

1927 L. P. Clark tr. S. Freud Inhibition, Symptom & Anxiety vi. 42 The precautionary measures are rational, the abolitions through undoing are irrational, magical in nature.

1960 L. E. Hinsie & R. J. Campbell Psychiatric Dict. (ed. 3) 770/2 Expiatory acts, counter-compulsions, and some forms of compulsive ceremonials and counting compulsions are among the more frequent expressions of undoing.

1965 E. Rosen & I. Gregory Abnormal Psychol. iv. 75/2 A magical attempt to wipe out a real or fancied guilt is termed undoing. The individual engages in ritualistic behavior.

1972 Encycl. Psychol. III. 366/2 Undoing, an (inner) defense mechanism which allows appeasement of a guilt feeling about a forbidden motive gratification that has already occurred.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	undoing
释义	undoingn.¹ Etymology: < undo v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈdoing. †1. Exposition; interpretation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun] keyeOE undoinga1330 expositiona1340 declarationc1374 declaringc1374 clearingc1380 expoundingc1380 explanationa1382 interpretation1382 exploitingc1390 unfolding1483 explicating1531 explication1537 clearance?1548 elucidation1570 explaining1576 manifestation1576 untwining1577 illustration1581 untwisting1591 eviscerating1599 unclouding1601 enodation1603 opening1611 dilucidation1615 unsnarling1640 declarement1646 enucleation1650 illumination1656 dilucidatinga1660 luciferousness1665 clarifying1677 unravelling1713 disentanglement1751 exegesis1770 disambiguation1827 evisceration1831 keyword1848 clarificationa1866 exponence1880 exponency1880 straightening1900 demystification1964 a1330 Seuyn Sages (W.) 2352 He scholde..brenge a besaund to offring, And of his sweuen have undoing. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xl. 8 And Joseph seide to hem, Whether not of God is the vndoyng? c1425 Wyntoun Cron. iv. xxvi. 2576 Discripcion is wrytynge In til our propyr vndoynge. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 365/1 Ondoynge, or expownynge, exposicio. 2. The action of opening, unfastening, taking apart, loosening, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [noun] undoinga1425 leesingc1440 loosing1482 dissolution1548 unlocking1568 unloosing1578 loosening1598 unbinding1598 untying1598 abstriction1650 unclenching1688 unclinching1688 apoptosis1749 unreeving1775 unloosening1793 a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) 1 Cor. vii. 27 If þou art bowndyn to a wif, seeke þou not vndoyng. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 365/1 Ondoynge, or opynynge of schettellys, or sperellys, apercio. c1480 (a1400) St. Thomas Apostle 477 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 142 Of þat ee þe vndoynge Is of oure harte & vndirstandinge. 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Hunting e iii Now of thage & undoyng of the boore. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Disciolare,..to put off hose and doublet without vndoing of points. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 484 The heeles of their shooes are seldome pulled up, to saue labour of vndoing them. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 912 They all bring about a loosening of the frame~work of..nervous matter... The muscular system also..shows a like undoing. 3. a. The action of bringing to nought, destroying, or ruining; the fact of being so dealt with; the state of being undone; also (with a), an instance of this.Quotations under (a) illustrate the active, those under (b) the passive, use of the word. 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 (a) 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS) x. iii It is þe leste party and laste in undoynge of the body. 1423 Rolls of Parl. IV. 198/2 In hy udoyng to the Kynges Liege peple, and ayenis the ordenaunce and statuts. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 365/1 Ondoynge, or dystroyynge, dissipacio, destruccio. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. bii^v May nane do thame na deir with vndoyng. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes* Sfaccimento, a defacing,..a defeasance, an vndooing. a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 358 If thou leauest out the manner of doing, this is an vndoing to thy doing. 1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life v. 59 An undoing to him, in point of reputation. (b)c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 9125 The Grekes were in point of vndoyng: Ne hadde ther comen ther riche kyng.1415 in 43rd Ann. Rep. Deputy Keeper Public Rec. (1882) App. i. 583 in Parl. Papers (C. 3425) XXXVI. 1 Hit has broghte me to yis shame and undoyng.1503–4 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) p. cxiii Sir Roger Hastings is at the point of undoinge, because hee hath not money to pay where he ought to pay.1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. vi. sig. L.vi/1 Neither doest thou read that the state..of the Israelites was euer at any time in greater daunger and peril of vndooing.1614 R. Tailor Hogge hath lost Pearle iv How many country Clyents then might rest, Free from vndooing!a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) XI. 183 He that ventures to be a surety for another, ventures an undoing for his sake. b. With possessive pronoun or genitive.Chiefly in passive sense. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > state of being destroyed or ruined lossc897 losingc950 lore971 destructionc1330 forlesing1340 lostc1374 undoing1377 perditiona1382 shendc1400 decay1535 rack1599 undoneness1835 wanthrift1929 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 589 Danyel of her vndoynge deuyned and seyde [etc.]. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 127 He took redyly þo ȝiftes, & þat was cause of his vndoyng. ?1478 W. Worcester in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 424 Now he ys vppon hys makyng by vertues gouernaunce or vndoyng to the contrarye. 1562 Bp. J. Pilkington Expos. Abdyas Pref. 16 They saved your lyves and goods, not seeking your undoinge when it laye in their handes. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 353 For, exposed he was..to the accesse of as manie as sought the undoing of others. 1679 J. Goodman Penitent Pardoned (1713) ii. i. 157 His undoing was his making, and his misfortune proved his recovery. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 154 You see your Undoing has been long hatching. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIV lxxxv. 157 The latter works its own undoing. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. ix. 225 He was not the first that has..brought about his own undoing. c. In the phrase to (one's) undoing. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [phrase] > to destruction to (one's) undoing?1456 ?1456 J. Dory in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 153 Thei wuld put alle juparte vp-on me to myn vtter ondoyng. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. FFvii Lest he gette helpe of thy superiour, and so venquisshe the to thy vtter vndoyng. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward V f. v^v Whiche..might abuse the name of his commaundemente to any of our vndoyng. 1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) App. 138 By that meanes all his creditors came upon him to his utter undoinge. 1641 W. Hakewill Libertie of Subj. 83 That desperate motion that had been made against them to all their utter undoings. 1883 R. Whitelaw tr. Sophocles Ajax 402 But me the child of Zeus..plagues To my undoing. 4. A cause of ruin or destruction. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > one who or that which destroys > cause of lossc1386 undoing1390 ruinc1480 destruction1529 stumbling-block1535 fall1593 perdition1649 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 229 Which was to him his undoinge. a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1906) 60 Adam..beleued his wyff, the whiche was dethe and vndoyng to hym and her, and to us all. 1576 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 414 It is an accion of accompt..like to be the vtter vndooing both of him and his. 1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles ii. i. 197 It had beene her undooing t' have hime seene. 1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 420 The Soldiers brake out into great disorders..; they were a terror to all, and an undoing to many. 1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. iv. 5 Mary-bone and the Chocolate-houses are his undoing. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 253 She will tell the truth, if it should be the undoing of her. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1875) III. xiii. 264 The marriage of Emma had well nigh been the undoing of England. 5. a. The action of reversing, annulling, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [noun] revoking1395 revocationc1400 cassationc1425 annulling1449 reclamationa1475 annulmenta1492 retractation1531 disannulling1533 abrogation1535 cancellation1535 retraction1536 extinguishment1537 undoing1540 abrenunciation1557 revocating1570 reversement1572 revokement1573 annihilation1579 revocatory1579 annullity1586 retroversion1587 rescission1594 recall1597 recision1606 disannulment1611 repeal1612 rasurea1616 cancelment1621 retractinga1624 cancelling1631 extinction1651 circumduction1726 cassing1844 recallment1845 cancel1884 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 30 §1 The said judgementes..shall stande..without any reuersell or vndooyng of the same. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rompement,..a cancelling, dissoluing, infringing, vndoing. 1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 16 Our Trade of doing, and undoing, will be endlesse. 1866 J. H. Newman Let. to Pusey 36 He..became man, that by what way the disobedience arising from the serpent had its beginning, by that way also it might have an undoing. 1891 J. Winsor Columbus ii. 50 When Isabella decreed the undoing of Columbus's kidnapping exploits. b. Psychoanalysis. The obsessive repetition of a ritualistic action as if to undo some previous event, action, or attitude, or to signify that it never happened, usually a symptom of obsessional neurosis. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > morbid preoccupation > purposeless repetition of words or movements verbigeration1877 headbanging1886 head nodding1889 echopraxia1904 stereotypy1909 undoing1927 1927 L. P. Clark tr. S. Freud Inhibition, Symptom & Anxiety vi. 42 The precautionary measures are rational, the abolitions through undoing are irrational, magical in nature. 1960 L. E. Hinsie & R. J. Campbell Psychiatric Dict. (ed. 3) 770/2 Expiatory acts, counter-compulsions, and some forms of compulsive ceremonials and counting compulsions are among the more frequent expressions of undoing. 1965 E. Rosen & I. Gregory Abnormal Psychol. iv. 75/2 A magical attempt to wipe out a real or fancied guilt is termed undoing. The individual engages in ritualistic behavior. 1972 Encycl. Psychol. III. 366/2 Undoing, an (inner) defense mechanism which allows appeasement of a guilt feeling about a forbidden motive gratification that has already occurred. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021). undoingn.² Etymology: un- prefix¹ 6.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈdoing. rare. The omission or neglect of doing; non-performance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [noun] > non-performance or non-execution non-performing1444 non-execution1473 non-performance1509 undoing1587 unperformance1608 abortion1610 failure1643 unperforming1645 inexecution1681 disfulfilment1823 insolvency1896 slippage1920 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. ii. 25 To speake properly, we must not seeke whence commeth the doing of euill, but whence commeth the vndoing of good. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021). undoingadj. Etymology: < undo v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈdoing. Ruinous, destructive. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] fellc1330 undone1340 ruinous?a1439 violablea1470 perniciousc1475 destructive1490 confusible1502 destroying1535 exitiable1548 ruinate1562 peremptory1567 wrackful1578 slaughterous1582 ruinating1595 ruining1605 corrumpent1607 wracksome1608 in suds1611 destructory1614 poisonousa1616 wrakefulc1625 predatory1626 predatorious1641 demolishing1648 untwined1649 undoing1654 destructionable1656 destructful1659 mortal1670 wreckinga1677 fatal1692 quadrumanous1704 interdestructive1805 annihilatory1825 demolitionary1834 ruinatious1845 consumptive1860 thunderous1874 1654 A. Tuckney Θανατοκτασία 33 It is an undoing gain to break their arm by catching at a feather. 1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace xvi. 305 Little do such men know how they..put an undoing cheat upon their own souls for ever. 1793 A. Seward Lett. (1811) III. 292 The present fashion of head-dress..has an undoing influence upon youth and beauty. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.¹a1330n.²1587adj.1654
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