feoffv.

Brit.

/fiːf/,

/fɛf/, U.S.

/fif/

Forms: Middle English feoffen, Middle English–1600s feff, 1500s–1600s feoffe, ( feofe, feoffee), Middle English–1600s feoff, (1800s dialect feft). past tense and past participle feoffed; also Middle English–1500s feft(e, 1600s feoft. See also fief v.

Etymology: Early Middle English feoffen , < Anglo-Norman feoffer, Old French fieuffer, fieffer, < fieu , fief : see fee n.², fief n.

a. Law. transitive. To put in legal possession (properly confined to freehold interests in corporeal hereditaments; formerly sometimes inaccurately used of leasehold); = enfeoff v. 1 ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > putting in possession > put (a person) in possession [verb (transitive)]

feoffc1290

seizec1290

enseisec1420

inseisinc1440

possessc1450

seisinc1450

vest1464

society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [verb (transitive)] > grant as fief

feoffc1290

feu1717

fief1792

c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 463/33 To feoffen heore children þare-wiz echon.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7585 Men of religion of normandie..He feffede here mid londes.

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 35 Þe abbey of Rumeye he feffed richely With rentes.

c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 454 Every script and bond, By which that sche was feoffed in his lond.

1415 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 24 The londes rentes that ȝe bun feoffed In.

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. v. x. 347 He fefte þe kyrk..Wytht gret and fayre and fre Franchys.

c1450 How Wise Man tauȝt Sonne (Lamb. 853) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 51 For ritchesse take hir neuere þe more Þouȝ sche wolde þee boþe feffe & ceese.

c1480 (a1400) St. Justina 648 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 170 Þe bischope gert þan a nunry make, & feffit for Iustinis sake.

1520 Chron. Eng. v. 49^v/2 Whan Arthur had thus his knyghtes feoffed.

1573 T. Tusser Points Huswifrie (new ed.) f. 30^v, in Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) Gentrie stands, not all by lands, Nor all so feft.

1620 Bp. J. Hall Honor Married Clergie ii. viii. 181 Anastasius..feoffed in some Temporalties which hee would rather die than not leaue to his issue.

b. to feoff (one person) to the use of (another): to invest with the legal estate, subject to an obligation to allow the use to (the other person).Until 1535 this proceeding was very commonly resorted to to evade the burdens incident to ownership of land. The Statute of Uses passed in that year provided that in all cases of feoffment to uses the cestui que use should have the legal estate.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > settle (property) [verb (transitive)] > put property in trust

to feoff (one person) to the use of1491

to put (out) to nurse1593

to make over1650

trustee1818

1491 Act 7 Hen. VII c. 20 §7 Persones feoffed or seased to thuse of theym.

†c. figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > have or possess [verb (transitive)]

holda855

haveeOE

feoffc1330

werec1330

possede1392

possess1394

to be seized (seised) of or with1477

get1611

rejoice1822

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 239 Men gyf God þe lest, þe feffe him with a ferþing.

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. iii. 38 Þo feffedest þou fortune wiþ glosynge wordes.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 193 Til alle his felawes were ferst feffed to here paie.

c1450 Crt. of Love 932 Nay God forbid to feffe you so with grace.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiii. 152 Ye two ar well feft Sam in a stede.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 154 That we may..be feoffed in that blessed inheritance.

d. †In wider sense: To present (a person) with anything (obsolete). Also dialect (see quot. 1855).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > present > present (a person) with a thing

presentc1300

feoff1377

propine1543

donate1862

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. ii. 146 And feffe false-witnes with floreines ynowe.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxi. 374 The kynge hym feffed with his right glove.

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 55 Fefted, legally secured with a maintenance. ‘He fefted his wife on so much a year.’

†2. To confer (a heritable possession) upon. Chiefly figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > confer

giveOE

doOE

confer1542

feoff1571

infer1589

collate1591

instate1647

accede1818

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxxiii. 7) God feoffeth abundance of all good thinges upon them.

1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) vii. xxxv. 151 Those Stiles..weare strange, but thay Did feofe them on the bace-borne Muffe.

1615 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. III. O.T. x. 288 He makes his sonne his Priest, and feoffes that sinne vpon his sonne, which he receiued from his mother.

1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iii. i. 222 Feoffing a supernaturall vertue upon drugges.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	feoff
释义	feoffv. Brit. /fiːf/, /fɛf/, U.S. /fif/ Forms: Middle English feoffen, Middle English–1600s feff, 1500s–1600s feoffe, ( feofe, feoffee), Middle English–1600s feoff, (1800s dialect feft). past tense and past participle feoffed; also Middle English–1500s feft(e, 1600s feoft. See also fief v. Etymology: Early Middle English feoffen , < Anglo-Norman feoffer, Old French fieuffer, fieffer, < fieu , fief : see fee n.², fief n. 1. a. Law. transitive. To put in legal possession (properly confined to freehold interests in corporeal hereditaments; formerly sometimes inaccurately used of leasehold); = enfeoff v. 1 ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > putting in possession > put (a person) in possession [verb (transitive)] feoffc1290 seizec1290 enseisec1420 inseisinc1440 possessc1450 seisinc1450 vest1464 society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [verb (transitive)] > grant as fief feoffc1290 feu1717 fief1792 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 463/33 To feoffen heore children þare-wiz echon. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7585 Men of religion of normandie..He feffede here mid londes. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 35 Þe abbey of Rumeye he feffed richely With rentes. c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 454 Every script and bond, By which that sche was feoffed in his lond. 1415 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 24 The londes rentes that ȝe bun feoffed In. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. v. x. 347 He fefte þe kyrk..Wytht gret and fayre and fre Franchys. c1450 How Wise Man tauȝt Sonne (Lamb. 853) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 51 For ritchesse take hir neuere þe more Þouȝ sche wolde þee boþe feffe & ceese. c1480 (a1400) St. Justina 648 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 170 Þe bischope gert þan a nunry make, & feffit for Iustinis sake. 1520 Chron. Eng. v. 49^v/2 Whan Arthur had thus his knyghtes feoffed. 1573 T. Tusser Points Huswifrie (new ed.) f. 30^v, in Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) Gentrie stands, not all by lands, Nor all so feft. 1620 Bp. J. Hall Honor Married Clergie ii. viii. 181 Anastasius..feoffed in some Temporalties which hee would rather die than not leaue to his issue. b. to feoff (one person) to the use of (another): to invest with the legal estate, subject to an obligation to allow the use to (the other person).Until 1535 this proceeding was very commonly resorted to to evade the burdens incident to ownership of land. The Statute of Uses passed in that year provided that in all cases of feoffment to uses the cestui que use should have the legal estate. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > settle (property) [verb (transitive)] > put property in trust to feoff (one person) to the use of1491 to put (out) to nurse1593 to make over1650 trustee1818 1491 Act 7 Hen. VII c. 20 §7 Persones feoffed or seased to thuse of theym. †c. figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > have or possess [verb (transitive)] holda855 haveeOE feoffc1330 werec1330 possede1392 possess1394 to be seized (seised) of or with1477 get1611 rejoice1822 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 239 Men gyf God þe lest, þe feffe him with a ferþing. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. iii. 38 Þo feffedest þou fortune wiþ glosynge wordes. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 193 Til alle his felawes were ferst feffed to here paie. c1450 Crt. of Love 932 Nay God forbid to feffe you so with grace. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiii. 152 Ye two ar well feft Sam in a stede. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 154 That we may..be feoffed in that blessed inheritance. d. †In wider sense: To present (a person) with anything (obsolete). Also dialect (see quot. 1855). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > present > present (a person) with a thing presentc1300 feoff1377 propine1543 donate1862 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. ii. 146 And feffe false-witnes with floreines ynowe. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxi. 374 The kynge hym feffed with his right glove. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 55 Fefted, legally secured with a maintenance. ‘He fefted his wife on so much a year.’ †2. To confer (a heritable possession) upon. Chiefly figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > confer giveOE doOE confer1542 feoff1571 infer1589 collate1591 instate1647 accede1818 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxxiii. 7) God feoffeth abundance of all good thinges upon them. 1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) vii. xxxv. 151 Those Stiles..weare strange, but thay Did feofe them on the bace-borne Muffe. 1615 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. III. O.T. x. 288 He makes his sonne his Priest, and feoffes that sinne vpon his sonne, which he receiued from his mother. 1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iii. i. 222 Feoffing a supernaturall vertue upon drugges. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1290
随便看	outline sketch outline stitch outlinear outlined overwhelmed overwhelmedness overwhelmer overwhelming overwhelmingly overwhelmingness overwhelmment overwhelms overwhelve overwhile overwhirl overwhisper overwield overwielding overwilled overwilling overwillingly overwily overwin overwind overwinded