fulldo en · VERB
Etymology
From Middle English fuldon, from Old English fuldōn (“to complete, perform; arrange”), from Proto-West Germanic *fulladōn (“to do fully, fulfil, complete, perfect”), equivalent to full- + do. Cognate with West Frisian foldwaan, Dutch voldoen, German Low German vulldoon, German volltun (“to fulldo”).
Meanings
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(transitive) To accomplish; fulfill; complete.
"Then," said the ambassador to the carpet-spreader, "Taki, by my head, is that all? you, who ought to be a fulldone man, do I hear this of you?
1835, James Justinian Morier, Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan, in England:Yet willing to full-do their too-falne lot […]
1655, Richard Verstegan, A restitution of decayed intelligence in antiquities:How is it that I feel that I may not yet write it? I can answer only: because here I am full doing but not with that one.
2002, Kurt H. Wolff, A Whole, a Fragment:The most key why that Jesus has to be God is that if He is not God, His death would not have been fuldoing to yield the penalty for the sins of the world (1 John 2:2).
2012, Yahoo! Canada Answers, Is Jesus God? Did Jesus ever claim to be God?:"[...] and no more to counterfeyte the fole, for it is Goddis wyll and commaundement, for he hath forgyuen you all your synnes, for by caus ye haue made satysfacyon and full done your penaunce:" […]
1591, Thomas Lodge, Robert the Deuyll:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fuldo | alternative | lexicographic | |
| full do | alternative | lexicographic | |
| fulldid | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| fulldoes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| fulldoing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fulldone | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| full-do | alternative | lexicographic |