enfeoff

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To put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest; to transfer a fief to
{v} to invest, to put into possessioin
{f} reward with a fief, reward with a piece of land (during the Middle Ages)
To put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest; to transer a fief to
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
To give in vassalage; to make subservient
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
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    [ in-'fef, -'fEf, en- ] (transitive verb.) 15th century. Middle English enfeoffen, from Anglo-French enfeoffer, from Old French en- + fief fief.