feoff
English
Etymology
Alternative form of fief, related to Anglo-Norman feoffer. Compare Latin feodum.
Pronunciation
Noun
feoff (plural feoffs)
Verb
feoff (third-person singular simple present feoffs, present participle feoffing, simple past and past participle feoffed)
- (law) To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “feoff”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peḱ- (livestock)
- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/iːf
- Rhymes:English/iːf/1 syllable
- Rhymes:English/ɛf
- Rhymes:English/ɛf/1 syllable
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