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enfeoff |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. To give in vassalage; to make subservient. [Obs.] [The king] enfeoffed himself to popularity. --Shak.
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