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2020, Moneybagg Yo (lyrics and music), “Thug Cry”:
I done made some real bad choices with my life
2022, Nas (lyrics and music), “Legit”, in King's Disease III:
On my soul, this for my kids and the cold shit I done did
Interjection
done
Expresses that a task has been completed.
Expresses agreement to and conclusion of a proposal, a set of terms, a sale, a request, etc.
1994, René Echevarria, “Firstborn”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 7, episode 21, Jonathan Frakes and Joel Swetow (actors):
Riker: Would you be interested in selling me the ore you're carrying? / Yog: No. I have a buyer. / Riker: You haven't heard my offer. Half a gram of Anjoran biomimetic gel. / Yog:Done.
1606, N B, Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia, That Is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, Containing All Philosophie, London: Ed. Allde, for Edward White,, →OCLC, signature D2, recto:
O you Cæleſtiall euer-liuing fires, That done inflame our hearts with high deſires; […]
1647, Henry More, “[Philosophical Poems.] Antipsychopannychia or The Third Book of the Song of the Soul: Containing a Confutation of the Sleep of the Soul after Death. The Præexistency of the Soul,.”, in Alexander B Grosart, editor, The Complete Poems of Dr. Henry More (1614–1687) (Chertsey Worthies’ Library), Edinburgh University Press; Thomas and Archibald Constable,] for private circulation, published 1878, →OCLC, stanza 63, page 125, column 1:
The soul of Naboth lies to Ahab told, As done the learnèd Hebrew Doctours write, […]
Than cam In ẜ Aſcamour and ẜ Grūmor ⁊ Grūmorſon ẜ Croſſeleme ẜ Seuerauſe le brewſe that was called a paſſynge ſtronge knyght for as the booke ſeyth the chyff lady of the lady off the lake feſted ẜ Launcelot and ẜ Seu[er]auſe le brewſe And whan ſhe had feſted them both at ſundry tymes ſhe þyde hem to gyff her a done
Then came in Sir Astamor, and Sir Gromere, Grummor’s son, Sir Crosselm, Sir Servause le Breuse, that was called a passing strong knight, for as the book saith, the chief Lady of the Lake feasted Sir Launcelot and Servause le Breuse, and when she had feasted them both at sundry times she prayed them to give her a boon.