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1 definition 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.
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