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    ENFEOFF

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal societyplay

    Example:

    He enfeoffed his son-in-law with a large estate in Scotland

    Classified under:

    Verbs of buying, selling, owning

    Hypernyms (to "enfeoff" is one way to...):

    give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s somebody with something

    Derivation:

    enfeoffment (under the feudal system, the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service)

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