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Meaning of 'enfeoff' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Enfeoff [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To give in vassalage; to make subservient.

Meaning of 'enfeoff' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . enfeoff [ v]
Meaning (1):
- put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society
Example in sentence:
  • He enfeoffed his son-in-law with a large estate in Scotland

Nearby Words:

enfamish enfect enfeeble enfeebled enfeeblement enfeebler enfeebling enfeeblish enfeloned enfeoffed

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