En·feoff v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfeoffed p. pr. & vb. n. Enfeoffing.]
1. Law 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.
2. To give in vassalage; to make subservient. [Obs.]
[The king] enfeoffed himself to popularity. --Shak.
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