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verb (used with object)
1.
to invest with a freehold estate in land.
2.
to give as a fief.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English enfe(o)ffen < Anglo-French enfe(o)ffer, equivalent to en- -en-1 + Old French fiefer, fiever, derivative of fief fief
1350–1400; Middle English enfe(o)ffen < Anglo-French enfe(o)ffer, equivalent to en- -en-1 + Old French fiefer, fiever, derivative of fief fief
Related forms
en·feoff·ment, noun
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