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/əndˈuɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Undo v. t. (past undid; past part. undone; pres. part. undoing)

1.

To reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught. "What's done can not be undone." "To-morrow, ere the setting sun, She 'd all undo that she had done."

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. "Pray you, undo this button." "She took the spindle, and undoing the thread gradually, measured it."

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,"

noun

Undoing n.

1.

The reversal of what has been done.

2.

Ruin. "The utter undoing of some."

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... banished from the territory of the republic, the legislative power has sanctioned the liberty of worship, and the public writers employ themselves in enlightening the people upon the falsity of the Roman doctrines, and the necessity of undoing the work, which, ever since the discovery of the new world, has been set up and perfected in it by the enemies of the ...

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... answer his designs. He foresees everything; but cannot prevent anything. He impatiently suffers offence, yet gives everyone the power of offending him. Men admire the wisdom and perfection of his works; yet his works, full of imperfection, are of short duration. He is continually doing and undoing; repairing what he has made; but is never pleased with his work. In all his undertakings, he proposes only his own glory; yet is never glorified. His only end is the happiness of his subjects; and his subjects, ...

— Good Sense - 1772 • Paul Henri Thiry, Baron D'Holbach

... noblest thing he had ever done, or was ever likely to do, in his life, proved, for a time at least, his undoing. Kitty had made him from generous mean, from unsuspecting suspicious, and during the wretched year they had spent together she had had a disastrous effect on his work. At last, acting on the shrewd ...

— Defenders of Democracy • The Militia of Mercy

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