En-fĕoff', v. t.

verbtransitive

(en-fĕf') (Synop., § 130), v. t. [imp. & p. p. ENFEOFFED (en-fĕft'); p. pr. & vb. n. ENFEOFFING.] [Prefix en and feoff, q. v.; L. Lat. infeoffare, infeofare, equivalent to infeodare, to invest with a feud.]

Sense 1. (Law.) To give a feud to; to invest with a fee; to bestow or convey an estate in fee-simple or fee-tail, by livery of seizin. Blackstone.

Sense 2. To surrender or give up. [Obs.] Shak.