feoff

[ fef, feef ]

verb (used with object)

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

feoff

/ fiːf /

noun

1. a variant spelling of fief

verb

1. tr to invest with a benefice or fief

Derived Forms

• ˈfeoffor, noun

Other Words From

• feoffor feoffer noun
• un·feoffed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of feoff¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of feoff¹

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

Example Sentences

Feoffee′, the person invested with the fief; Feoff′er, Feoff′or, he who grants the fief; Feoff′ment, the gift of a fief or feoff.

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If he did not do this, he would take his feoff from him, and bestow it on another.

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Their compensation Each of these officials held what may be called a benefice, or perhaps a feoff.

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You are my magic orchard feoff, Where bud and fruit are always ripe.

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She was the daughter of the Cacique of Tenepal, who was Lord of the town and province, a feoff of the Mexican Emperor Montezuma Xocoyotzin.

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