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单词 feoff
释义

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 fieffief

OTHER WORDS FROM feoff

feoffor, feoffer, nounun·feoffed, adjective

Words nearby feoff

fentanyl citrate, Fenton, fenugreek, fenuron, feodary, feoff, feoffee, feoffment, Feosol, FEPA, FEPC
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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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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