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enfeeblement |
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enfeoff
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb enfeoff has 1 sense
- enfeoff(v = verb.possession) Array - put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society; "He enfeoffed his son-in-law with a large estate in Scotland" is one way to give
Derived form noun enfeoffment1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody with something
CIDE DICTIONARY
enfeoff, v. t. [Pref. en- + feoff, fief: cf. LL. infeofare, OF. enfeffer, enfeofer.].
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- To give in vassalage; to make subservient. [1913 Webster]"[The king]
enfeoffed himself to popularity."
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