Definitions
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- verb transitive To bring into a state of
guilt ; makeguilty . - verb transitive To
forfeit by guilty conduct; bring into by guilt. - verb intransitive To be
guilty .
Etymologies
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From Middle English forgilten, forgulten ("to render guilty, forfeit by guilt"), from Old English forgyltan ("to sin, be or become guilty"), equivalent to for- + guilt.
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