| 单词 | to pay forfeit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pay (the) forfeit a. Something to which the right is lost by the commission of a crime or fault; hence, a penal fine, a penalty for breach of contract or neglect of duty. to take (the) forfeit of, to pay (the) forfeit (literal and figurative). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] witereden688 witec890 guiltwite964 ransom?c1225 amends1340 forfeiture1399 ush1417 recoverya1422 issue1424 unlaw1424 fine1430 forfeita1475 unlay1497 multure1533 estreatc1550 mulct1584 forfeitment1597 a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 577 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 318 Of þe lordes courtes and forfetis. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. cxcix. 179 They taken the goodes..and lete hem calle his forfaytz. 1538 A. Fitzherbert Newe Bk. Justyces Peas 38 b The forfayt therof is al the pewter and brasse so cast and wrought. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. v. 70 The forfect for non paiment of the lone. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 204 I craue the law, the penalty and forfaite of my bond. View more context for this quotation 1640 J. Fletcher & J. Shirley Night-walker iv. sig. H4 Thou hast undone a faithfull gentleman, By taking forfeit of his land. 1713 E. Young Force of Relig. ii. (1757) 62 Life is a forfeit we must shortly pay. 1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton xviii To be free of the transaction, I this morning offered to pay half forfeit. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. viii. 543 The forfeit incurred by many of those illustrious thinkers who [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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