| VERB | possession | enfeoff | put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society |
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| Meaning | put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody with something | |
| Example | "He enfeoffed his son-in-law with a large estate in Scotland" | |
| Broader | give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody |
| Nouns | 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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