feoff

[ fef, feef ]

verb (used with object)

to invest with a fief or fee; enfeoff.

Origin of feoff

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

Other words from feoff

feoffor, feoffer, noun
un·feoffed, adjective

Words 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. James
You 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

Origin of feoff

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

Derived forms of feoff

feoffor or feoffer, noun

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