ENTAIL

entail

Noun

  1. That which is entailed. Hence:
    An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.
    The rule by which the descent is fixed.
  2. Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.

Verb

  1. To imply or require.
    This activity will entail careful attention to detail.
  2. 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.
  3. To appoint hereditary possessor.
  4. To cut or carve in an ornamental way.


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