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enfeoff.

To transfer a fief to, to endow with a fief; to put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɛnˈfɛf/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ɪnˈfɛf/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ɛnˈfiːf/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ɪnˈfiːf/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. To transfer a fief to, to endow with a fief; to put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest.

    historical · transitive
  2. To give up completely; to surrender, to yield.

    figuratively · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Late Middle English enfeffen, enfeoffen (“to grant (property, rights, etc.) under the feudal system”) [and other forms], from Old French enfeffer, enfieffer (compare Anglo-Latin infeoffāre, Anglo-Norman enfeoffer), from en- (prefix meaning ‘in, into’) + fief (“estate held by a person on condition of providing military service to a superior”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock, especially sheep or cattle”)). The English word is analysable as en- + feoff.

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