Hypertext Webster Gateway: "forfeited"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Forfeit \For"feit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forfeited}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Forfeiting}.] [OE. forfeten. See {Forfeit}, n.]
To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense,
or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be
deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some
neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to
forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; -- with to before
the one acquiring what is forfeited.

[They] had forfeited their property by their crimes.
--Burke.

Undone and forfeited to cares forever! --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

forfeited
adj : surrendered as a penalty [syn: {confiscate}, {forfeit}]


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