Law. to make a state: to make a gift, grant, or settlement (to, unto a person); to give a legal right or title of something. Cf. to make an estate o…

Esp. of an inheritance, sum of money, etc.: that may be counted on to be received; certain to come into a person's possession. Frequently with to…

To secure or settle (property, privileges, etc.) to or upon persons. Obsolete.

transitive. To invest with heritable property; to enfeoff, v.

To put, place, or establish (a person) in full or legal possession or occupation of something; = invest, v. 1b. Chiefly in passive, and usually…

transitive. To put or establish (a person) in possession of a domain, position, property, etc.; to grant a right, power, authority, etc., to (a…

To bestow or settle as an estate on or upon (also rarely unto) a person. Also, to estate out: to let out. Obsolete.

To assign the possession of (something) to; to settle (an estate) on a person. Obsolete.

transitive. To make a tenure (of a property, office, privilege, etc.) secure or certain to pass to a person.