Webster's Dictionary 1913

3079

Forewish

Fore‐wish″ (?), v. t. To wish beforehand.

3080

Forewit

Fore″wit′ (?), n. 1. A leader, or would-be leader, in matters of knowledge or taste.Nor that the forewits, that would draw the rest unto their liking, always like the best. B. J...

3081

Forewite

Fore‐wite″ (?), v. t. [pres. indic. sing., 1st & 3d pers.Forewot (?), 2d personForewost (�), pl.Forewiten (�); imp. sing.Forewiste (?), pl.Forewisten (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Forewit...

3082

Forewoman

Fore″wom′an (?), n.; pl.Forewomen (�). A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman. Tatler.W. Besant.

3083

Foreword

Fore″word′ (?), n. A preface. Furnvall.

3084

Foreworn

Fore‐worn″ (?), a. [See Forworn.] Worn out; wasted; used up.Old foreworn stories almost forgotten. Brydges.

3085

Forewot

Fore‐wot″ (?), pres. indic., 1st & 3d pers. sing. of Forewite. Chaucer.

3086

Foreyard

Fore″yard′ (?), n.(Naut.) The lowermost yard on the foremast. [See Illust. of Ship.]

3087

Forfalture

For″fal‐ture (?), n. Forfeiture.

3088

Forfeit

For″feit (?), 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 bey...

3089

Forfeit (2)

For″feit, a. [F. forfait, p. p. of forfaire. See Forfeit, n.] Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.Thy wealth being forfeit to the state. Shak.To t...

3090

Forfeit (3)

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 re...

3091

Forfeit (4)

For″feit, v. i. 1. To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.2. To fail to keep an obligation.I will have the heart of him if he forfeit. Shak.

3092

Forfeit (5)

For″feit, p. p. or a. In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation. Shak.Once more I will renewHis lapsèd powers, though forfeite. Milton.

3093

Forfeitable

For″feit‐a‐ble (?), a. Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture.For the future, uses shall be subject to the statutes of mortmain, and forfeitable, like the lands themselve...

3094

Forfeiter

For″feit‐er (?), n. One who incurs a penalty of forfeiture.

3095

Forfeiture

For″fei‐ture (?; 135), n. [F. forfeiture, LL. forisfactura.] 1. The act of forfeiting; the loss of some right, privilege, estate, honor, office, or effects, by an offense, crime...

3096

Forfend

For‐fend″ (?), v. t. [Pref. for- + fend. See Forewend.] To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.Which peril heaven forefend! Shak.☞ This is etymologically the preferable spelling.

3097

Forfered

For‐fer″ed (?), p. p. & a. [See For-, and Fear.] Excessively alarmed; in great fear. “Forfered of his death.” Chaucer.

3098

Forfete

For″fete (?), v. i. [See Forfeit.] To incur a penalty; to transgress.And all this suffered our Lord Jesus Christ that never forfeted. Chaucer.

3099

Forfex

‖For″fex (?), n. A pair of shears. Pope.

3100

Forficate

For″fi‐cate (?), a. [L. forfex, forficis, shears.] (Zoöl.) Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds.

3101

Forficula

‖For‐fic″u‐la (?), n. [L., small shears, scissors, dim. of forfex shears.] (Zoöl.) A genus of insects including the earwigs. See Earwig, 1.

3102

Forgather

For‐gath″er (?), v. i. To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally. Jamieson.Within that circle he forgathered with many a fool. Wilson.

3103

Forgave

For‐gave″ (?), imp. of Forgive.

3104

Forge

Forge (fōrj), n. [F. forge, fr. L. fabrica the workshop of an artisan who works in hard materials, fr. faber artisan, smith, as adj., skillful, ingenious; cf. Gr. � soft, tender...

3105

Forge (2)

Forge, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Forged (fōrjd); p. pr. & vb. n.Forging (?).] [F. forger, OF. forgier, fr. L. fabricare, fabricari, to form, frame, fashion, from fabrica. See Forge, n....