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verb (used with object)
to invest with a fief or fee; enfeoff.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English feoffen < Anglo-French fe(o)ffer, Old French fiefer, derivative of fief fief
1250–1300; Middle English feoffen < Anglo-French fe(o)ffer, Old French fiefer, derivative of fief fief
Related forms
feof·for, feoff·er, noun
un·feoffed, adjective
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| feoff (fiːf) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a variant spelling of fief |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (tr) to invest with a benefice or fief |
| [C13: from Anglo-French feoffer, from feoff a | |
| 'feoffor | |
| —n | |
| 'feoffer | |
| —n | |
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