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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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