Entail

[En*tail·]

To entail is to involve. A job at a movie theater might entail sweeping popcorn off the floor, probably because watching a movie entails eating popcorn in the dark. It’s a small price to pay!

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That which is entailed

Noun
the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple

Noun
land received by fee tail

Verb
limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs

Verb
impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?"

Verb
have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

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n.
That which is entailed.

n.
An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.

n.
The rule by which the descent is fixed.

n.
Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.

n.
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.

n.
To appoint hereditary possessor.

n.
To cut or carve in a ornamental way.

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

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.
I here entail The crown to thee and to thine heirs forever.
2. To appoint hereditary possessor. [Obs.]
To entail him and his heirs unto the crown.
3. To cut or carve in a ornamental way. [Obs.]
Entailed with curious antics.

That which is entailed

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.

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An unexamined faith is not worth having, for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection of one of the great human gifts: that of free will, of the liberty to make up our own minds based on evidence and tradition and reason.

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