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Vocabulary - infeoff

August 16, 2005 | Comments: 0

infeoffed (Fairbairn, Interpretation of Prophecy, p. 184) "…Abraham is infeoffed in a country by the divine word."

en·feoff  (n-ff, -ff)
tr.v. en·feoffed, en·feoff·ing, en·feoffs
To invest with a feudal estate or fee.

Verb    1.    enfeoff – 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"
give – transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"

from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Enfeoff 

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