verb
- to invest with a fief or fee; to give a freehold estate in land to someone
Usage: archaic; legal/historical; third person singular present tense of enfeoff
Examples
- The king enfeoffs the knight with lands in the northern territory.
- Medieval lords enfeoffs their vassals with fiefs in exchange for military service.
- The charter enfeoffs the monastery with extensive property holdings.
- He enfeoffs his son with the family estate upon reaching adulthood.