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feoff
[ fef, feef ]
/ fɛf, fif /
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verb (used with object)
to invest with a fief or fee; enfeoff.
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Origin of feoff
OTHER WORDS FROM feoff
feoffor, feoffer, nounun·feoffed, adjectiveWords nearby feoff
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How to use feoff in a sentence
Each lord, clerical or secular, had the right of raising this tax within his own feoff.
The History of Chivalry|G. P. R. JamesYou are my magic orchard feoff, Where bud and fruit are always ripe.
Silverpoints|John Gray
British Dictionary definitions for feoff
feoff
/ (fiːf) medieval history /
noun
a variant spelling of fief
verb
(tr) to invest with a benefice or fief
Derived forms of feoff
feoffor or feoffer, nounWord Origin for feoff
C13: from Anglo-French feoffer, from feoff a fief
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