enfeoff

== English == === Etymology === From Late Middle English enfeffen, enfeoffen (“to grant (property, rights, etc.) under the feudal system”) [and other forms], from Old French enfeffer, enfieffer (compare Anglo-Latin infeoffāre, Anglo-Norman enfeoffer), from en- (prefix meaning ‘in, into’) + fief (“estate held by a person on condition of providing military service to a superior”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock, especially sheep or cattle”)). The English word is analysable as en- +‎ feoff. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ɛnˈfɛf/, /ɪnˈfɛf/, /ɛnˈfiːf/, /ɪnˈfiːf/ Rhymes: -ɛf, -iːf Hyphenation: en‧feoff === Verb === enfeoff (third-person singular simple present enfeoffs or (obsolete) enfeoffes, present participle enfeoffing, simple past and past participle enfeoffed) (transitive, chiefly law, historical) To transfer a fief to, to endow with a fief; to put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest. Synonym: feoff (transitive, figuratively) To give up completely; to surrender, to yield. Synonym: cede ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== infeff infeft infeoff ==== Derived terms ==== enfeoffment ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === feoffment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia