a.
Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.
Next Wordv. t.
Hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's judgment; to rattle a player in a game. →
n.
To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; -- with to before the one acquiring what is forfeited. →
Would not. →