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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread "enfeodate" #179444 10/07/2008 1:33 PM Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 3 New York Vivi stranger Vivi stranger Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 3 New York I have just written the word "enfeodate" ...which I meant as "having a forced loyalty to someone or something"...as: "a man enfeodate to the estates of Baron Kent" I cannot find "enfeodate" in the Webster's International Second Edition. Have I erred? If so, is there a word that has that precise meaning? Any advice gratefully received. Either here or at vreiter@worldnet.att.net Thank you in advance. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "enfeodate" Vivi #179445 10/07/2008 1:54 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont welcome, Vivi. where di you get the word in the first place? did you coin it? the only google hit I get is this thread. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "enfeodate" Buffalo Shrdlu #179447 10/07/2008 2:17 PM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Rhode Island, USA Owlbow enthusiast Owlbow enthusiast Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Rhode Island, USA Hi Vivi, Try "infeodate". I had never heard of it - but thanks for a new word. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "enfeodate" Owlbow #179448 10/07/2008 2:41 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont infeodate only gets a handful of ghits, too. and Oxford, Encarta, M-W, and Cambridge don't have it. Last edited by etaoin; 10/07/2008 2:43 PM. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "enfeodate" Buffalo Shrdlu #179450 10/07/2008 3:17 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Myridon addict Myridon addict Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX A person on the "lesser" end of a feudatory relationship is a vassal. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "enfeodate" Myridon #179453 10/07/2008 3:53 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass OED2 thinks 'infeudate' is the *correct form (see Law term infeudation), but the only cite it has is from 1706, "That the Rights of Regales and infeodate Tithes would be overturned." -joe (enfeoffment) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "enfeodate" tsuwm #179456 10/07/2008 4:42 PM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Rhode Island, USA Owlbow enthusiast Owlbow enthusiast Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Rhode Island, USA  Quote: 'infeudate' That makes sense. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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