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Definition: FEOFFING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb feoff.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(feoff)
1. To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.[Websters].
2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: feoffing, feoffed, feoffs, feoffor, feoffors, feoffingly and feoffedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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Date "Feoffing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: FEOFFING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb feoff.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(feoff)
1. To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.[Websters].
2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: feoffing, feoffed, feoffs, feoffor, feoffors, feoffingly and feoffedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "FEOFFING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Specialty Definition: feoff

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] feff. To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant to one any corporeal hereditament. The compound infeoff is more generally used. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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