Используйте «feoff» в предложении

1. "enfeoffing himself," as Homais would have said, and always dropping some hint to Emma about the power of attorney

2. Then he came again to measure it; he came again on other pretexts, always trying to make himself agreeable, useful, "enfeoffing himself," as Homais would have said, and always dropping some hint to Emma about the power of attorney