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Meaning of "feoff" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FEOFF

From Anglo-French feoffer, from feoff a fief.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FEOFF

feoff  [fiːf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FEOFF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Feoff is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb feoff in English.

WHAT DOES FEOFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

feoff

Fief

A fee or fief was the central element of feudalism and consisted of heritable property or rights granted by an overlord to a vassal who held it in fealty in return for a form of feudal allegiance and service, usually given by the personal ceremonies of homage and fealty. The fees were often lands or revenue-producing real property held in feudal land tenure: these are typically known as fiefs or fiefdoms. However, not only land but anything of value could be held in fee, including governmental office, rights of exploitation such as hunting or fishing, monopolies in trade, and tax farms.

Definition of feoff in the English dictionary

The definition of feoff in the dictionary is to invest with a benefice or fief.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FEOFF

PRESENT

Present
I feoff
you feoff
he/she/it feoffs
we feoff
you feoff
they feoff
Present continuous
I am feoffing
you are feoffing
he/she/it is feoffing
we are feoffing
you are feoffing
they are feoffing
Present perfect
I have feoffed
you have feoffed
he/she/it has feoffed
we have feoffed
you have feoffed
they have feoffed
Present perfect continuous
I have been feoffing
you have been feoffing
he/she/it has been feoffing
we have been feoffing
you have been feoffing
they have been feoffing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I feoffed
you feoffed
he/she/it feoffed
we feoffed
you feoffed
they feoffed
Past continuous
I was feoffing
you were feoffing
he/she/it was feoffing
we were feoffing
you were feoffing
they were feoffing
Past perfect
I had feoffed
you had feoffed
he/she/it had feoffed
we had feoffed
you had feoffed
they had feoffed
Past perfect continuous
I had been feoffing
you had been feoffing
he/she/it had been feoffing
we had been feoffing
you had been feoffing
they had been feoffing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will feoff
you will feoff
he/she/it will feoff
we will feoff
you will feoff
they will feoff
Future continuous
I will be feoffing
you will be feoffing
he/she/it will be feoffing
we will be feoffing
you will be feoffing
they will be feoffing
Future perfect
I will have feoffed
you will have feoffed
he/she/it will have feoffed
we will have feoffed
you will have feoffed
they will have feoffed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been feoffing
you will have been feoffing
he/she/it will have been feoffing
we will have been feoffing
you will have been feoffing
they will have been feoffing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would feoff
you would feoff
he/she/it would feoff
we would feoff
you would feoff
they would feoff
Conditional continuous
I would be feoffing
you would be feoffing
he/she/it would be feoffing
we would be feoffing
you would be feoffing
they would be feoffing
Conditional perfect
I would have feoff
you would have feoff
he/she/it would have feoff
we would have feoff
you would have feoff
they would have feoff
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been feoffing
you would have been feoffing
he/she/it would have been feoffing
we would have been feoffing
you would have been feoffing
they would have been feoffing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you feoff
we let´s feoff
you feoff
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to feoff
Past participle
feoffed
Present Participle
feoffing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FEOFF


beef
biːf
belief
bɪˈliːf
brief
briːf
chief
tʃiːf
disbelief
ˌdɪsbɪˈliːf
editor-in-chief
ˌɛdɪtəʳɪntˈʃiːf
grief
ɡriːf
leaf
liːf
lief
liːf
massif
ˈmæsiːf
motif
məʊˈtiːf
reef
riːf
reif
riːf
relief
rɪˈliːf
sharif
ʃæˈriːf
sif
siːf
sportif
spɔːˈtiːf
Tenerife
ˌtɛnəˈriːf
thief
θiːf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FEOFF

fent
fentanyl
fenthion
Fenton
fenugreek
fenuron
feod
feodal
feodary
feoffee
feoffer
feoffment
feoffor
fer-de-lance
feracious
feracity
feral
feral child
feralized
ferbam

WORDS THAT END LIKE FEOFF

better off
cut off
cut-off
enfeoff
get off
kick off
kick-off
off
on and off
on-off
roll-on-roll-off
roll-on/roll-off
show off
show-off
showing-off
take off
takeoff
turn off
turn-off
waveoff

Synonyms and antonyms of feoff in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «feoff» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FEOFF

Find out the translation of feoff to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of feoff from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «feoff» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

feoff
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

feudo
570 millions of speakers

English

feoff
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

feoff
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

feoff
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

feoff
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

feoff
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

feoff
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fief
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Feoff
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lehen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

feoff
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

feoff
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngguyu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đất phong
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

feoff
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फीफ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tımarcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

feudo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

feoff
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

feoff
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

feoff
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

feoff
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

feoff
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

feoff
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

feoff
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of feoff

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FEOFF»

The term «feoff» is normally little used and occupies the 148.885 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FEOFF» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «feoff» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «feoff» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about feoff

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FEOFF»

Discover the use of feoff in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to feoff and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A History of Northumberland: Ancient records and historical ...
C Jofches Hereng' tenet Pva' Houtton p unü feodü de veti feoff"'. C Adam Ry- baud tenet Howyc p unü feodü de veti feoff. iE Wittus de Rok tenet Rok p dimid' feod' de veri feoff*'. iE Rogus fil' Radi tenet Charleton' de North' de Hetherhistoñ p  ...
John Hodgson, John Hodgson-Hinde, 1820
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A History of Northumberland, in Three Parts: General history ...
С Bernardus de Babing- ton tenet quartä ptë ejusdem p quitä ptë unius feodi de veti feoff'. С Hugo de Herle tenet medietatë de Herle p dimid' feodü de veri feoff'. С Johes de Herle tenet quartä ptem ejusdem p quartä ptë uni9 feodi de veri ...
John Hodgson, John Hodgson-Hinde, James Raine, 1820
3
American encyclopedic dictionary
feoff, *feffe, *fefe, v. t. [O. Fr. feoffer, fiefer, from Vs«/=a fief; Low Lat. feoff o.) 1. To invest with a fief; to enfeoff; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to. "Men of relygyon of Normnndye aliio Hefeffede here mid londea." Robert of Gloucester, p,  ...
Robert Hunter, John Alfred Williams, Sidney John Hervon Herrtage, 1897
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A Dictionary of Law: Containing Definitions of the Terms and ...
13. Fee-tail, i. e., an inheritance limited in a definite descent. FEOFF AMENTUM. Bl. Comm. 310. A feoffment. 2 FEOFF ABE. To enfeoff; to bestow a fee. The bestower was called "feoffator," and the grantee or feoffee, "feoffatus." FEOFF ATOR.
Henry Campbell Black, 1891
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The Century dictionary and cyclopedia: a work of universal ...
belongs to the spelling/cud, etc. feoff (fef), v. t. [An artificial spelling preserved in law books, in imitation of the Law L. and later OF. forms ; the E. pronunciation is that of the reg. E. spelling < ME. feffen, invest with a fee or fief, < OF. feffer, fieffer,  ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1906
6
The Kanji Handbook
feoff-over. fifil koyomi ly'.hick 964 ko(ku) koromo Calendar ..595 Chinking 392 handling 189 Klothes ....355 KU \i>\owards 99 komaka(i) koro(su) .'•Vngu/sn 477 (tribute 625 Details 138 t'turder .... 744 ...
Vee David, 2006
7
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
belongs to the spelling feud, etc. feoff (fef), v. t. [An artificial spelling preserved in law books, in imitation of the Law L. and later OF. forms ; the E. pronunciation is that of the reg. E. spelling feff; < ME. feffen, invest with a fee or flof, < OF. feffer, ...
8
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
belongs to the spelling/edd, etc. feoff (fef ), v. t. [An artificial spelling preserved in law books, in imitation of the Law L. and later OF. forms ; the E. pronunciation is that of the reg. E. spelling fef; < M.E. feffen, invest with a fee or fief, < OF. feffer, ...
9
The History of Long Melford
... appurtenances, and a piece of arable land containing two and a half acres, and the homage and service of 20d. arising from four acres of land which the said Matilda holds from Sir John de Hallestrete,* of the feoff of the Abbot of St. Edmund, ...
Sir William Parker, 1873
10
Columbian cyclopedia
FENWICK— FEOFF. seeded and cylindrical; its seeds have a strong, peculiar smell, and an oily, bitter taste; the flour made from them is used for emollient poultices, but only in veterinary practice. The seeds of F. were formerly in great esteem ...

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FEOFF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term feoff is used in the context of the following news items.
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Missing Teen, Alleged Abductor Spotted by Civilians on Horseback
The very same day his son was killed by the fbi. Feoff it inially something that snapped. The only thing that makes sense is the correlation with ... «ABC News, Aug 13»
2
The Evasive Yeoman
and a tiny group of French loanwords like feoff (an exotic synonym of fief “a feudal estate”) and people. However, since yeoman replaced ... «OUPblog, Jun 09»

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