enfeoff

Other forms: enfeoffed; enfeoffing; enfeoffs

Definitions of enfeoff
  1. verb
    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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    type of:
    give
    transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
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