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单词 forfeiting
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forfeitingn.

/ˈfɔːfɪtɪŋ/
Etymology: formed as forfeit v. + -ing suffix2.
The action of forfeit v.
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α.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 172/1 Forfetynge.
?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors Contents sig. A2 The forfetting of the londes..of traytours.
β. 1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xvi. 56 Als he gat Setoun out of hands, From forfalting he sauit his lands.1584 Ld. 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.1884 Good Words Nov. 750/2 The forefaulting of Patrick, Earl of Orkney.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

forfeitingadj.

/ˈfɔːfɪtɪŋ/
Etymology: formed as forfeit v. + -ing suffix2.
That forfeits, or incurs forfeiture.
ΚΠ
1791 ‘T. Newte’ Prospects & Observ. Tour 277 The heirs of the forfeiting families.
a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 272 An estate greater than had ever belonged to the forfeiting landholders.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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