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en·feoff  audio  (n-ff, -ff) KEY 

TRANSITIVE VERB:
en·feoffed, en·feoff·ing, en·feoffs
To invest with a feudal estate or fee.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English enfeffen, from Anglo-Norman enfeoffer : Old French en-, causative pref. ; see en-1 + Old French fief, fief ; see fee

OTHER FORMS:
en·feoffment(Noun)


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