feoff

[ fef, feef ]

/ fɛf, fif /

verb (used with object)

to invest with a fief or fee; enfeoff.

Nearby words

fentanyl citrate, fenton, fenugreek, fenuron, feodary, feoff, feoffee, feoffment, feosol, fepa, fepc

Origin of feoff

1250–1300; Middle English feoffen < Anglo-French fe(o)ffer, Old French fiefer, derivative of fief fief

Related formsfeof·for, feoff·er, nounun·feoffed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for feoff

Each lord, clerical or secular, had the right of raising this tax within his own feoff.
The History of Chivalry|G. P. R. James

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 Formsfeoffor or feoffer, noun

Word Origin for feoff

C13: from Anglo-French feoffer, from feoff a fief

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