enfeoff verb trans. [ɪn'fi:f, -'fɛf, ɛn-] Also infeoff. See also INFEFT. LME.
[Anglo-Norman enfeoffer (Anglo-Latin enfeoffare), Old French enfeffer, formed as EN-¹ + fief: see FEE noun².]
1. Law (now Hist.). Put (a person) in possession of a fee or fief, under the feudal system; convey freehold property to by feoffment. (Foll. by in, of, with, on.) LME.

2. fig. Hand over, give up possession of. L16.

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