1. to invest with a fief or fee; to give a freehold estate in land to someone
Usage: archaic; legal history; chiefly British

Examples

• The lord agreed to feoff his son with the manor lands.
• In medieval times, a king would feoff nobles with estates in exchange for loyalty.
• The deed was drawn up to feoff the heir with the family property.
• To feoff someone meant to transfer legal ownership of a freehold to them.
• The ceremony was performed to formally feoff the new tenant with the land.