All 3 Uses of
forfeit
in
David Copperfield
- What's that game at forfeits?†
Chpt 22-24 *
- If such is the case, and Mr. Micawber forfeits no privilege by entering on these duties, my anxiety is set at rest.†
Chpt 34-36
- It was right that I should pay the forfeit of my headlong passion.†
Chpt 58-60
Definitions:
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(1)
(forfeit) to lose or surrender something -- often as a penalty
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, forfeit is used as a noun to reference that which was lost or surrendered.