v. Obs. [? a. OFr. *afieffe-r, *afiever, Pr. affeuar to give as a fief; or for earlier ENFEFE a. OFr. *enfieffe-r to establish in a fief; f. OFr. fieffer, fiever, f. fief, fieu, fiu, a feudal estate; see FIEF.] To give in fief, to enfeoff, to endow by feudal law.
c. 1330. Amis & Amiloun, 2486. Thei lete make a guode abbey, And well yt afefed tho.
1401. Pol. Poems (1859), II. 51. Reue men of her rest, and ferli hem afefe.
