'Enfeoff' definitions:
Definition of 'enfeoff'
(from WordNet)
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"
Definition of 'Enfeoff'
From: GCIDE
- Enfeoff \En*feoff"\ (?; see Feoff, 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfeoffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Enfeoffing.] [Pref. en- + feoff, fief: cf. LL. infeofare, OF. enfeffer, enfeofer.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To give in vassalage; to make subservient. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- [The king] enfeoffed himself to popularity. --Shak.