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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024feoff (fef, fēf ),USA pronunciation v.t. - World Historyto invest with a fief or fee;
enfeoff.
- Anglo-French fe(o)ffer, Old French fiefer, derivative of fief fief
- Middle English feoffen 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: feoff /fiːf/ n - a variant spelling of fief
vb - (transitive) to invest with a benefice or fief
Etymology: 13th Century: from Anglo-French feoffer, from feoff a fiefˈfeoffor, ˈfeoffer n fief (fēf ),USA pronunciation n. - World Historya fee or feud held of a feudal lord;
a tenure of land subject to feudal obligations. - World Historya territory held in fee.
- World Historyfiefdom.
- Gmc; compare Old High German fihu, Old English feoh cattle, property; akin to Latin pecū flock of sheep, pecus cattle, pecūnia wealth
- French, variant of Old French fieu, fie, cognate with Anglo-French fe fee
- 1605–15
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: fief, feoff /fiːf/ n - (in feudal Europe) the property or fee granted to a vassal for his maintenance by his lord in return for service
Etymology: 17th Century: from Old French fie, of Germanic origin; compare Old English fēo cattle, money, Latin pecus cattle, pecūnia money, Greek pokos fleece |