Vocabulary : Forewiting to Forfeit

Forewiting : of Forewite
Forewoman : A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman.
Forewomen : of Forewoman
Foreword : A preface.
Foreworn : Worn out; wasted; used up.

Forewost : of Forewite
Forewot : of Forewite ;; pres. indic., 1st & 3d pers. sing. of Forewite.
Foreyard : The lowermost yard on the foremast.
Forfalture : Forfeiture.
Forfeit : Injury; wrong; mischief. ;; 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. ;; Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; -- whence the game of forfeits. ;; Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure. ;; 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. ;; To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress. ;; To fail to keep an obligation. ;; In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation.

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