forfeit

v. i. 1. To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fail to keep an obligation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I will have the heart of him if he forfeit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. or a. In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Once more I will renew
His lapsèd powers, though forfeite. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To seek arms upon people and country that never did us any forfeit. Ld. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal
Remit thy other forfeits. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; -- whence the game of forfeits. [ 1913 Webster ]

Country dances and forfeits shortened the rest of the day. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. forfait, p. p. of forfaire. See Forfeit, n. ] Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy wealth being forfeit to the state. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To tread the forfeit paradise. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture. [ 1913 Webster ]

For the future, uses shall be subject to the statutes of mortmain, and forfeitable, like the lands themselves. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who incurs a penalty of forfeiture. [ 1913 Webster ]