enfeoff

Verb

Verb Forms: enfeoffed, enfeoffing, enfeoffs

To invest with a feudal estate; to give possession of land.
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"
To transfer a fief to, to endow with a fief; to put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest.
To give up completely; to surrender, to yield.

Examples

He hoped his strong opening play would ENFEOFF him with a commanding lead in Words With Friends.

Origin / Etymology

From Late Middle English enfeffen (“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 *peku-, *peḱu- (“sheep”)). The English word is analysable as en- + feoff.

Synonyms

cede, feoff

Scrabble Score: 16

enfeoff: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
enfeoff: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
enfeoff: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

enfeoff: valid Words With Friends Word