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Entail

Entail Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Entail? [n] land received by fee tail [v] impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?" [v] have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Entail: implicate \| imply \| mean Related Terms \| Find terms related to Entail: add a codicil \| affect \| allegorize \| allude to \| argue \| assume \| be indicative of \| be significant of \| be symptomatic of \| bequeath \| bequeathal \| bequest \| bespeak \| betoken \| birthright \| borough-English \| bring \| bring to mind \| call for \| cause \| characterize \| coheirship \| comprise \| connote \| contain \| coparcenary \| demand \| denominate \| denote \| devise \| differentiate \| disclose \| display \| execute a will \| express \| gavelkind \| give evidence \| give rise to \| give token \| hand down \| hand on \| heirloom \| heirship \| hereditament \| heritable \| heritage \| heritance \| highlight \| hint \| identify \| implicate \| imply \| import \| impose \| incorporeal hereditament \| indicate \| infer \| inheritance \| insinuate \| intimate \| involve \| law of succession \| lead to \| leave \| legacy \| line of succession \| make a bequest \| make a will \| manifest \| mark \| mean \| mean to say \| mode of succession \| necessitate \| note \| occasion \| pass on \| patrimony \| point indirectly to \| postremogeniture \| presume \| presuppose \| primogeniture \| require \| reveal \| reversion \| show \| signify \| stand for \| subsume \| succession \| suggest \| suppose \| symptomatize \| symptomize \| take \| take for granted \| take in \| testify \| transmit \| ultimogeniture \| will \| will and bequeath \| will to See Also \| acres \| bring about \| demesne \| estate \| land \| landed estate \| necessitate Entail In Webster's Dictionary \Entail"\, n. [OE. entaile carving, OF. entaille, F., an incision, fr. entailler to cut away; pref. en- (L. in) + tailler to cut; LL. feudum talliatum a fee entailed, i. e., curtailed or limited. See {Tail} limitation, {Tailor}.] 1. That which is entailed. Hence: (Law) (a) An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue. (b) The rule by which the descent is fixed. A power of breaking the ancient entails, and of alienating their estates. --Hume. 2. Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio. [Obs.] ``A work of rich entail.'' --Spenser. \Entail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entailed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Entailing}.] [OE. entailen to carve, OF. entailler. See {Entail}, n.] 1. To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as an heritage. Allowing them to entail their estates. --Hume. I here entail The crown to thee and to thine heirs forever. --Shak. 2. To appoint hereditary possessor. [Obs.] To entail him and his heirs unto the crown. --Shak. 3. To cut or carve in a ornamental way. [Obs.] Entailed with curious antics. --Spenser.

Entail Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Entail?

[n] land received by fee tail
[v] impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?"
[v] have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Entail: implicate | imply | mean

Entail In Webster's Dictionary

\En*tail"\, n. [OE. entaile carving, OF. entaille, F., an
incision, fr. entailler to cut away; pref. en- (L. in) +
tailler to cut; LL. feudum talliatum a fee entailed, i. e.,
curtailed or limited. See {Tail} limitation, {Tailor}.]
1. That which is entailed. Hence: (Law)
   (a) An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a
       particular class of issue.
   (b) The rule by which the descent is fixed.

             A power of breaking the ancient entails, and of
             alienating their estates.         --Hume.

2. Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio. [Obs.] ``A
   work of rich entail.'' --Spenser.


\En*tail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entailed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Entailing}.] [OE. entailen to carve, OF. entailler. See
{Entail}, n.]
1. To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a
   person and his descendants or a certain line of
   descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as
   an heritage.

         Allowing them to entail their estates. --Hume.

         I here entail The crown to thee and to thine heirs
         forever.                              --Shak.

2. To appoint hereditary possessor. [Obs.]

         To entail him and his heirs unto the crown. --Shak.

3. To cut or carve in a ornamental way. [Obs.]

         Entailed with curious antics.         --Spenser.

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