2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Undo \Un*do"\, v. t. [AS. und?n. See 1st {Un-}, and Do to
perform.]
1. To reverse, as what has been done to annul; to bring to
naught.
What's done can not be undone. --Shak.
To-morrow, ere the setting sun, She 'd all undo that
she had done --Swift.
2. To loose; to open to take to piece; to unfasten; to
untie; hence to unravel; to solve; as to undo a knot; to
undo a puzzling question; to undo a riddle. --Tennyson.
Pray you undo this button. --Shak.
She took the spindle, and undoing the thread
gradually, measured it --Sir W.
Scott.
3. To bring to poverty; to impoverish; to ruin, as in
reputation, morals, hopes, or the like as many are
undone by unavoidable losses, but more undo themselves by
vices and dissipation, or by indolence.
That quaffing and drinking will undo you --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
undo
v 1: cancel or reverse an action or its effect; "I wish I could
undo my actions"
2: deprive of certain characteristics [syn: {unmake}] [ant: {do}]
3: make undone; revert to the original condition or situation;
"You cannot undo the damage!"
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