feoff

[ fef, feef ]
/ fɛf, fif /

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 fief fief

OTHER WORDS FROM feoff

feof·for, feoff·er, noun un·feoffed, adjective

Words nearby feoff

fentanyl citrate, fenton, fenugreek, fenuron, feodary, feoff, feoffee, feoffment, feosol, fepa, fepc

Example sentences from the Web for feoff

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

    The History of Chivalry |G. P. R. James

British Dictionary definitions for feoff

feoff
/ (fiːf) medieval history /

noun

a variant spelling of fief

verb

(tr) to invest with a benefice or fief

Derived forms of feoff

feoffor or feoffer, noun

Word Origin for feoff

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