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To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.

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  1. v. t. To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.
  2. n. A fief. See Fief.
  3. n. a piece of land held under the feudal system
  4. , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feoffed; p. pr. & vb. n.. Feoffing.] Etym: [OE. feffen, OF. feffer, fieffer, F. fieffer, fr. fief fief; cf. LL. feoffare, fefare. See Fief.] (Law) To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff. A fief. See Fief.
  5. , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feoffed; p. pr. & vb. n.. Feoffing.]Etym: [OE. feffen, OF. feffer, fieffer, F. fieffer, fr. fief fief;cf. LL. feoffare, fefare. See Fief.] (Law)
  6. n a piece of land held under the feudal system