forfete

== Middle English == === Etymology === See forfeit. === Verb === forfete To incur a penalty; to transgress. late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parson's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, section 12, line 273: === References === “forfete”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.