ə̇n, en+ transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English enfeffen, enfeoffen, from Anglo-French enfeffer, enfeoffer, from Old French en- en- (I) + fief, n., fee — more at fee
1. : to invest with a fief or fee : invest (a person) with a freehold estate by feoffment
the holdings in which a baron enfeoffed his leading tenants — F.M.Stenton
2. obsolete : to give into vassalage