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Forfeit
Forfeit For"feit, n. [OE. forfet crime, penalty, F. forfait crime (LL. forefactum, forifactum), prop. p. p. of forfaire to forfeit, transgress, fr. LL. forifacere, prop., to act beyond; L. foris out of doors, abroad, beyond + facere to do. See Foreign, and FAct.] 1. Injury; wrong; mischief. [Obs. & R.] To seek arms upon people and country that never did us any forfeit. --Ld. Berners. 2. 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. Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal Remit thy other forfeits. --Shak. 3. Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; -- whence the game of forfeits. Country dances and forfeits shortened the rest of the day. --Goldsmith.
Forfeit
Forfeit For"feit, a. [F. forfait, p. p. of forfaire. See Forfeit, n.] Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure. Thy wealth being forfeit to the state. --Shak. To tread the forfeit paradise. --Emerson.
Forfeit
Forfeit For"feit, v. i. 1. To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress. [Obs.] 2. To fail to keep an obligation. [Obs.] I will have the heart of him if he forfeit. --Shak.
Forfeit
Forfeit For"feit, p. p. or a. In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation. --Shak. Once more I will renew His laps[`e]d powers, though forfeite. --Milton.

Meaning of Forfeits from wikipedia

- Look up forfeit, forfeiting, or forfeiture in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Forfeit or forfeiture may refer to: Forfeit, a 2007 thriller film starring...
- tie) or a best-of-three playoff format, a team that forfeits a game also loses the series by forfeit. In FIBA tournaments, a team will default if, at any...
- are now rare. There have been only five forfeits in Major League Baseball (MLB) since 1954; the last forfeit was in 1995, and prior to that, 1979. Since...
- last-minute replacement rather than award a wrestler a victory by forfeit. Forfeit victories are almost always reserved for when the story the promotion...
- The Forfeit is a 1919 American silent Western film directed by Frank Powell and starring House Peters, Jane Miller and William Human. House Peters as...
- fault means the server forfeits the serve. This resets every new service point attempt. If any serve is wide, the server forfeits the serve. If the server...
- ordered vacated or forfeited by the National Collegiate Athletic ****ociation (NCAA) in college basketball. The list does not include forfeits imposed by individual...
- results modified later due to NCAA action, such as vacated victories and forfeits. Winning percentages are rounded to three decimal places. In the event...
- "Points of Authority" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It is the fourth track on their first studio album, Hybrid Theory. The song was released...
- 1886 short story by Leo Tolstoy about a man who, in his lust for land, forfeits everything. The protagonist of the story is a peasant named Pahom, who...