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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Entail \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Entail \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: entail n : land received by fee tail v 1: have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers" [syn: {imply}, {mean}] 2: impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?" [syn: {implicate}]
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