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Enfeoff v. t. (past & past part. enfeoffed; pres. part. enfeoffing)

1.

(Law) 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.

To give in vassalage; to make subservient. (Obs.) "(The king) enfeoffed himself to popularity."

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Words linked to "Enfeoff" : enfeoffment