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feoff

American  
[fef, feef] / fɛf, fif /

verb (used with object)

  1. to invest with a fief or fee; enfeoff.

feoff British  
/ fiːf /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of fief

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verb

  1. (tr) to invest with a benefice or fief

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Other Word Forms

  • feoffer noun
  • feoffor noun
  • unfeoffed adjective

Etymology

Origin of feoff

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

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