"feoff" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fiːf/, /fɛf/ Forms: feoffs [plural]
Rhymes: -iːf, -ɛf Etymology: Alternative form of fief, related to Anglo-Norman feoffer. Compare Latin feodum. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*peḱ- (livestock)}}, {{no deprecated lang param usage|Alternative form of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class="Latn mention" lang="en">fief</i></span>|lang=}} Alternative form of fief, {{alternative form of|en|fief}} Alternative form of fief, {{der|en|xno|feoffer}} Anglo-Norman feoffer, {{cog|la|feodum}} Latin feodum Head templates: {{en-noun}} feoff (plural feoffs)
  1. (law) A fief. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-feoff-en-noun-zZPQsbLt Topics: law

Verb

IPA: /fiːf/, /fɛf/ Forms: feoffs [present, singular, third-person], feoffing [participle, present], feoffed [participle, past], feoffed [past]
Rhymes: -iːf, -ɛf Etymology: Alternative form of fief, related to Anglo-Norman feoffer. Compare Latin feodum. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*peḱ- (livestock)}}, {{no deprecated lang param usage|Alternative form of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class="Latn mention" lang="en">fief</i></span>|lang=}} Alternative form of fief, {{alternative form of|en|fief}} Alternative form of fief, {{der|en|xno|feoffer}} Anglo-Norman feoffer, {{cog|la|feodum}} Latin feodum Head templates: {{en-verb}} feoff (third-person singular simple present feoffs, present participle feoffing, simple past and past participle feoffed)
  1. (law) To enfeoff. Categories (topical): Law, Feudalism Derived forms: enfeoff, feoffee, feoffment Related terms: fief
    Sense id: en-feoff-en-verb-yWukiyqr Disambiguation of Feudalism: 39 61 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 88 Topics: law

Inflected forms

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