v. Obs. [f. FULL a. + DO.] trans. To accomplish, fulfil, complete.

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a. 1225.  Ancr. R., 372. Me schal fuldon flesches pine ase uorð ase euere efne mei þolien.

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1340.  Ayenb., 28. To destrue … alle guod by hit lite by hit lesse by hit uoldo.

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c. 1483.  Caxton, Vocab., 23.

        Whiche make verry confession,
And theyr penaunce fuldoo
That the confessour them charge.

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c. 1500.  Melusine, i. 1. He wyl helpe me to bring vnto a good ende & to fuldoo it att hys glorye & praysyng.

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1605.  Verstegan, Dec. Intell., ii. (1628), 29. Willing to full-doe their too-falne lot.

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  Hence † Full-do sb., completion, finish. (Perh. the source of the Naut. phrase for a full due: see DUE sb. 8.)

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1631.  [see DO sb.1 2].

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