feoff

[ fef, feef ]

verb (used with object)

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

feoff

/ fiːf /

noun

1. See fief
   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

Each lord, clerical or secular, had the right of raising this tax within his own feoff.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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