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▪ I. forfeiting, vbl. n.|ˈfɔːfɪtɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
The action of the vb. forfeit.
αc1440Promp. Parv. 172/1 Forfetynge. 1545Brinklow Compl. 2 The forfetting of the londes..of traytours.
β1570Satir. Poems Reform. xvi. 56 Als he gat Setoun out of hands, From forfalting he sauit his lands. 1584Ld. Hunsdane to Sir F. Walsingham in Calderwood Hist. Kirk (1843) IV. 173 That there may be nothing done..for the forfaulting of their livings and goods. 1884Gd. Words Nov. 750/2 The forefaulting of Patrick, Earl of Orkney.
▪ II. forfeiting, ppl. a.|ˈfɔːfɪtɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That forfeits, or incurs forfeiture.
1791T. Newte Tour Eng. & Scot. 277 The heirs of the forfeiting families. a1859Macaulay Hist. Eng. V. 272 An estate greater than had ever belonged to the forfeiting landholders. |