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ENFEOFF
Definition of ENFEOFF
verb
To transfer a fief to, to endow with a fief; to put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest.
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Where it comes from
From Late Middle English enfeffen, enfeoffen (“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 *peḱu- (“livestock, especially sheep or cattle”)). The English word is analysable as en- + feoff.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,413)
How it is built
Same root, ENFEOFF · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Anglo-Norman, Latin.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ENFEOFF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ENFEOFF starts with E and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read EEFFFNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and F appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ENFEOF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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