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.
had forfeited their property by their crimes. Burke.
Undone and forfeited to cares forever! Shak.