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feoff
[ fef, feef ]
verb (used with object)
- to invest with a fief or fee; enfeoff.
feoff
/ ´Ú¾±Ë´Ú /
noun
- a variant spelling of fief
verb
- tr to invest with a benefice or fief
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Derived Forms
- ˈ´Ú±ð´Ç´Ú´Ú´Ç°ù, noun
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- ´Ú±ð´Ç´Úf´Ç°ù ´Ú±ð´Ç´Ú´Úİù noun
- ³Ü²Ô·´Ú±ð´Ç´Ú´Ú±ð»å adjective
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of feoff1
C13: from Anglo-French feoffer , from feoff a fief
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Example Sentences
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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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