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Wednesday, October 04, 2017

Weird Word Wednesday

enfeoff
VERB

(under the feudal system) give (someone) freehold property or land in exchange for their pledged service.
‘he enfeoffed trustees with the lands’
‘the enfeoffed knights and overlords’
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Origin
Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French enfeoffer, from Old French en- ‘in’ + fief ‘fief’. Compare with feoffment.
Pronunciation

enfeoff/ɪnˈfiːf//ɪnˈfɛf//ɛnˈfiːf//ɛnˈfɛf/

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