English to English Dictionary -forfeited

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Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) Injury; wrong; mischief.

Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life..

Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; -- whence the game of forfeits.

Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.

Forfeit :: 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..

Forfeit :: Forfeit (v. i.) To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.

Forfeit :: Forfeit (v. i.) To fail to keep an obligation.

Forfeit :: Forfeit (p. p. / a.) In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation.

Forfeited :: Forfeited (imp. & p. p.) of Forfei.

Forfeiter :: Forfeiter (n.) One who incurs a penalty of forfeiture.

Forfeiting :: Forfeiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forfei.

Forfeiture :: Forfeiture (n.) The act of forfeiting; the loss of some right, privilege, estate, honor, office, or effects, by an offense, crime, breach of condition, or other act..

Forfeiture :: Forfeiture (n.) That which is forfeited; a penalty; a fine or mulct.