ENFEOFF


Meaning of ENFEOFF in English

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

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