Forfeiting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forfeit \For"feit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forfeited}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Forfeiting}.] [OE. forfeten. See {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.
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           [They] had forfeited their property by their crimes.
                                                    --Burke.
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           Undone and forfeited to cares forever!   --Shak.
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