entail

[ verb en-teyl; noun en-teyl, en-teyl ]

/ verb ɛnˈteɪl; noun ɛnˈteɪl, ˈɛn teɪl /

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verb (used with object)

to cause or involve by necessity or as a consequence: a loss entailing no regret.

to impose as a burden: Success entails hard work.

Law. to limit the passage of (a landed estate) to a specified line of heirs, so that it cannot be alienated, devised, or bequeathed.

Law. to cause (anything) to descend to a fixed series of possessors.

noun

the act of entailing.

Law. the state of being entailed.

any predetermined order of succession, as to an office.

Law. something that is entailed, as an estate.

Law. the rule of descent settled for an estate.

Origin of entail

1350–1400; Middle English entailen (v.), entail (noun). See en-¹, tail²

OTHER WORDS FROM entail

en·tail·er, noun en·tail·ment, noun non·en·tailed, adjective pre·en·tail, verb (used with object)

un·en·tailed, adjective

Words nearby entail

ent, ent-, entablature, entablement, entad, entail, entailment, ental, entameba, entamebiasis, entamoeba

Example sentences from the Web for entail

Does political and social equality really have to entail a leveling of sexual difference?

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Some parents have transportation problems that entail further costs.

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Foley was a risk taker who reported from the front lines, fully aware of the dangers that might entail.

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He or she can work with you to map out an individualized plan, which may entail taking the hormone melatonin.

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The inclusiveness of Hebrew is its virtue in this context; learning it does not entail legal discrimination.

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But still he had hated the thing, and as years rolled on he came to think that the entail now existing would do an especial evil.

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But they have founded an entail, I am told, worth fifty thousand francs a year.

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To recognize him as his son was his surest means of striking at the hated brother who came next in the entail.

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You had far better all die—die immediately, than live slaves, and entail your wretchedness upon your posterity.

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The misery it will entail; the sleepless nights, the fear, the remorse that will follow?

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British Dictionary definitions for entail

entail

/ (ɪnˈteɪl) /

verb (tr)

to bring about or impose by necessity; have as a necessary consequence this task entails careful thought

property law to restrict (the descent of an estate) to a designated line of heirs

logic to have as a necessary consequence

noun

property law

the restriction imposed by entailing an estate
an estate that has been entailed

Derived forms of entail

entailer, noun

Word Origin for entail

C14: entaillen, from en- 1 + taille limitation, tail ²

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entail

verb (used with object)

noun

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Words nearby entail

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verb (tr)

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