entail in English dictionary

  • entail

    Meanings and definitions of "entail"

    • That which is entailed. Hence:
    • (obsolete) Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
    • (transitive) To imply or require.
    • (transitive) 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 a heritage.
    • (transitive) (obsolete) To appoint hereditary possessor.
    • (transitive) (obsolete) To cut or carve in an ornamental way.
    • To limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs.
    • Land received by fee tail.
    • The act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple.
    • noun
      That which is entailed. Hence:
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To imply or require.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      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 a heritage.
    • verb
      (transitive, obsolete)
      To appoint hereditary possessor.
    • verb
      (transitive, obsolete)
      To cut or carve in an ornamental way.
    • To impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result.
    • to imply or require
    • To have as a logical consequence.
    • noun
      land received by fee tail
    • noun
      the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple
    • verb
      have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
    • verb
      impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?"
    • verb
      limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs

    Synonyms of "entail" in English dictionary

    demesne, implicate, imply are the top synonyms of "entail" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of entail

    • entail ( third-person singular simple present entails, present participle entailing, simple past and past participle entailed)
    • entail ( plural  entails)
    • entail (plural entails)
    • entail (third-person singular simple present entails, present participle entailing, simple past and past participle entailed)
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