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1. (v.t.) enfeoff
to invest with a freehold estate in land.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME enfe(o)ffen < AF enfe(o)ffer=en-en -1+ OF fiefer, fiever, der. of fieffief)
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1. (verb) enfeoff
put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society
"He enfeoffed his son-in-law with a large estate in Scotland"
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1. (verb) enfeoff
to give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process of feoffment
2. (verb) enfeoff
to give in vassalage; to make subservient
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