Thesaurus: enfeoff
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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Definitions
- v. t. 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.
- v. t. To give in vassalage; to make subservient.
- v. put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society
- To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief orfee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process offeoffment. Mozley & W.
- v. put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society