Both Uses of
forfeit
in
Love's Labour's Lost
- Our states are forfeit; seek not to undo us.†
Scene 5.2 *
- For how can this be true, That you stand forfeit, being those that sue?†
Scene 5.2
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.