1. entail(n = noun.possession) - land received by fee tail;
is a kind of acres, demesne, estate, land, landed estate
2. entail(n = noun.act) - the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple;
is a kind of change
1. entail(v = verb.stative) imply, mean - have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
is one way to necessitate
Derived form noun entailment1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
2. entail(v = verb.stative) implicate - impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?"
is one way to lead
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
3. entail(v = verb.possession) fee-tail - limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs;
is one way to bequeath, leave, will
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
1. That which is entailed. [1913 Webster]
"A power of breaking the ancient entails, and of alienating their estates." [1913 Webster]
2. Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
"Allowing them to entail their estates." [1913 Webster]
"I here entail
The crown to thee and to thine heirs forever." [1913 Webster]
2. To appoint hereditary possessor. [1913 Webster]
"To entail him and his heirs unto the crown." [1913 Webster]
3. To cut or carve in an ornamental way. [1913 Webster]
"Entailed with curious antics." [1913 Webster]
entail, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 necessitate or involve unavoidably (the work entails much effort).
2 Law bequeath (property etc.) so that it remains within a family.
3 (usu. foll. by on) bestow (a thing) inalienably.
--n. Law 1 an entailed estate.
2 the succession to such an estate.
Derivative:
entailment n.
Etymology:
ME, f. EN-(1) + AF taile TAIL(2)
VB retain, keep, hold fast one's own, hold tight one's own, hold fast one's ground, hold tight one's ground, clinch, clench, clutch, grasp, gripe, hug, have a firm hold of, secure, withhold, detain, hold back, keep back, keep close, husband, reserve, have in stock, have on hand, keep in stock, entail, tie up, settle.
VB be the cause of, originate, give origin to, give rise, to, give occasion to, cause, occasion, sow the seeds of, kindle, suscitate, bring on, bring to bring pass, bring about, produce, create, set up, set afloat, set on foot, found, broach, institute, lay the foundation of, lie at the root of, procure, induce, draw down, open the door to, superinduce, evoke, entail, operate, elicit, provoke, conduce to, contribute, have a hand in the pie, have a finger in the pie, determine, decide, turn the scale, have a common origin, derive its origin.
VB be latent, lurk, smolder, underlie, make no sign, escape observation, escape detection, escape recognition, lie hid, laugh in one's sleeve, keep back, involve, imply, understand, allude to, infer, leave an inference, entail, whisper, read between the lines.