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Webster 1913 Edition


Forfete

For′fete

,
Verb.
I.
[See
Forfeit
.]
To incur a penalty; to transgress.
[Obs.]
And all this suffered our Lord Jesus Christ that never
forfeted
.
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


forfete

forfete

English

Verb

forfete (third-person singular simple present forfetes, present participle forfeting, simple past and past participle forfeted)

  1. (obsolete) To incur a penalty; to transgress.
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