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