enfeoff Meaning, Definition & Usage

  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

WordNet

En*feoff" transitive verb
Etymology
Pref. en- + feoff, fief: cf. LL. infeofare, OF. enfeffer, enfeofer.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Enfeoffed ; present participle & verbal noun Enfeoffing
Definitions
  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. Mozley & W.
  2. To give in vassalage; to make subservient. Obs.
    [The king] enfeoffed himself to popularity. Shak.

Webster 1913