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Fordo

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.]

    This is the night That either makes me or fordoes me quite.
    --Shak.

  2. To overcome with fatigue; to exhaust.
    --M. Arnold.

    All with weary task fordone.
    --Shak.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fordo

Old English fordon "destroy, ruin, kill," from for- + don (see do (v.)). Related: Fordone; fordoing. The adjective foredone "killed, destroyed" (Old English, Middle English) now is archaic, replaced by done for.

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fordo

vb. 1 (context obsolete English) To kill, destroy. 2 (context obsolete English) To annul, abolish, cancel. 3 (context archaic English) To do away with, undo; to ruin. 4 (context archaic English) To overcome with fatigue; to exhaust.

Wikipedia
Fordo

Fordo or Fordow is a village in Fordo Rural District, Kahak District, Qom County, Qom Province, Iran. It is located near the Shia holy city of Qom. At the 2006 census, its population was 732, in 230 families.

Fordu, Fordo, Furdu or Fardu a village with more than 100 houses. Headwaters of the Furdu river. Kuhistan subdivision of Qom. Fordo is 26 miles to the south of Qom. Fordo is situated in a deep glen between Hasan Aqa and Furdu peaks. Fordo's sheep are celebrated for their milk.

Village of Fordo is believed to have the largest percentage of fighters killed in the Iran–Iraq War, lasting from September 1980 to August 1988.

In September 2009, it was revealed that Iran had a second uranium enrichment plant near the village of Fordo.

Usage examples of "fordo".

Sound, forty feet away, its hind lid and its fordid now raised, eyes and mouth.

Max had apologized all too often, first fordoing nothing when the Probationers began harassing him back at the Ape's Grape, and later shooting him with the stunner on Gailet's orders.

Max had apologized all too often, first fordoing nothing when the Probationers began harassing him back at the Ape’s Grape, and later shooting him with the stunner on Gailet’s orders.

Those ill customs, said Sir Lamorak, are fordone, for Sir Tristram slew your lord, Sir Nabon, and his son.