fordo

verb

for·​do fȯr-ˈdü 

variants or less commonly foredo

fordid also foredid fȯr-ˈdid  ; fordone also foredone fȯr-ˈdən  ; fordoing also foredoing fȯr-ˈdü-iŋ  ; fordoes also foredoes fȯr-ˈdəz 

transitive verb

1

: to overcome with fatigue

—used only as past participle

quite fordone with the heat

2

archaic : to do away with : destroy

Word History

Etymology

Middle English fordon, from Old English fordōn, from for- + dōn to do

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2