Enfeoff
Pronunciation : En*feoff" (; see Feoff, 277)
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Pref. en- + feoff, fief: cf. LL. infeofare, OF. enfeffer, enfeofer.]
Definition : 1. (Law)
Defn: To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process of feoffment. Mozley & W.
2. To give in vassalage; to make subservient. [Obs.] [The king] enfeoffed himself to popularity. Shak.
t. [imp. & p. p. Enfeoffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Enfeoffing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913