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Webster 1913 Edition

Ado

A-do′

(ȧ-doō′)
, (1)
Verb.
inf.
, (2)
Noun.
[OE.
at do
, northern form for
to do
. Cf.
Affair
.]
1.
To do; in doing;
as, there is nothing
ado
.
“What is here ado?”
J. Newton.
2.
Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle;
as, to make a great
ado
about trifles
.
With much
ado
, he partly kept awake.
Dryden.
Let’s follow to see the end of this
ado
.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Ado

ADO'

,
Noun.
Bustle; trouble; labor; difficulty; as, to make a great ado about trifles; to persuade one with much ado.

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