Can one use "fealty" as a verb? [closed]
I am in the process of writing a paper, and there is a sentence in there I'm not quite sure works.
Oxford English dictionary defines "fealty" as
A feudal tenant's or vassal's sworn loyalty to a lord.
In the paper I write:
...The general meaning to be fealt from Theorem 2.1...
Which is to mean, one must swear loyalty to a general meaning from this Theorem. Mostly I'm annoyed that it might seem like a typo (as the reader may just think I meant to type "felt"), but I don't want it to seem like a typo. And I wanna make sure, it can arguably not be a typo.
I am not looking for a rephrasing of this statement. As any rephrasing I have of this, looks like:
...the general meaning to pledge fealty to from Theorem 2.1...
doesn't sound right, and seems esoteric and over the top. Plus, I like that the original formation is an almost-pun on the use of "fealt" instead of "felt".
So the question is simple:
Can one write "to be fealt" as in, "to pledge loyalty to"?
Solution 1:
Fealt is not a word, unfortunately. I’ve used the Longman Dictionary to confirm this.
I agree that pledging loyalty or fealty to a meaning also makes little sense. If it was pledging fealty to a cause it would be different.