ENFEOFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does enfeoff mean? 

• ENFEOFF (verb)
  The verb ENFEOFF has 1 sense:

1. put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society

  Familiarity information: ENFEOFF used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENFEOFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

He enfeoffed his son-in-law with a large estate in Scotland

Hypernyms (to "enfeoff" is one way to...):

give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody with something

Derivation:

enfeoffment (under the feudal system, the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service)