v. Obs. [f. FULL a. + DO.] trans. To accomplish, fulfil, complete.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 372. Me schal fuldon flesches pine ase uorð ase euere efne mei þolien.
1340. Ayenb., 28. To destrue alle guod by hit lite by hit lesse by hit uoldo.
c. 1483. Caxton, Vocab., 23.
Whiche make verry confession, | |
And theyr penaunce fuldoo | |
That the confessour them charge. |
c. 1500. Melusine, i. 1. He wyl helpe me to bring vnto a good ende & to fuldoo it att hys glorye & praysyng.
1605. Verstegan, Dec. Intell., ii. (1628), 29. Willing to full-doe their too-falne lot.
Hence † Full-do sb., completion, finish. (Perh. the source of the Naut. phrase for a full due: see DUE sb. 8.)
1631. [see DO sb.1 2].