What is to fail to keep an obligation. [Obs.] I will have the heart of him if he forfeit. Shak called?
forfeit — To fail to keep an obligation. [Obs.] I will have the heart of him if he forfeit. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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