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

British Dictionary definitions for feoffer

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