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[Lat. fænum græcum=Greek IMG:content-1548.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1549.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-1550.png:[graphic] feodatory II. Old Eng . Law : An officer of the court of wards who was present with the escheator in every county at the finding of offices of lands, and who gave evidence for the king both as to the value and tenure of the land feod a tõr ý (eo as ū), s. [FEUDATORY.] feoff, *feffe, *refe, v. t. [O. Fr. feoffer, fiefer, from fief =a tief; Low Lat. feoffo.] 1. To invest with a fief; to enfeoff; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to. "Men of relygyon of Norman dye also He feffede here mid londes." Robert of Gloucester, p. 368. 2. To make a present to; to present. " Feffe false witne es with floryns ynowe," 3. To endow. P. Plowman , 1,170. "May God forbid to feffe you so with grace." Chaucer: Court of Love. feoff, s. [FEOFF, v.] A fief (q. v.). feof-fee, s. [O. Fr. féoffé, pa. par. of feoffer =to enfeoff.] Law: One who is enfeoffed or invested with a fief. "The late earl of Desmond, before his breaking forth into rebellion, conveyed secretly all his lands to feoffees in trust." Spenser: State of Ireland.