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enfeoff
[ en-fef, -feef ]
verb (used with object)
- to invest with a freehold estate in land.
- to give as a fief.
enfeoff
/ ɪnˈfiːf /
verb
- property law to invest (a person) with possession of a freehold estate in land
- (in feudal society) to take (someone) into vassalage by giving a fee or fief in return for certain services
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Derived Forms
- enˈfeoffment, noun
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Other Words From
- en·feoffment noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of enfeoff1
1350–1400; Middle English enfe(o)ffen < Anglo-French enfe(o)ffer, equivalent to en- en- 1( def ) + Old French fiefer, fiever, derivative of fief fief
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Word History and Origins
Origin of enfeoff1
C14: from Anglo-French enfeoffer; see fief
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Example Sentences
Then bade the king enfeoff Siegfried, the youth, with land and castles, as he himself had done.
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