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entail(2)(dictionary)
entail(dictionary)
entail(dictionary)

entail (iou)



entail verb2 trans. Also intail. LME.
[from EN-1, IN-2 + Anglo-Norman taile TAIL noun2 or taile TAIL adjective.]
Law. Settle (land etc.) by entail; fig. confer as if by entail, bestow as an inalienable possession (on). LME.
M. R. Mitford The house and park..were entailed on a distant cousin.
Attach inseparably to; attach, associate. Also foll. by upon. L16-E18.
Impose (inconvenience, expense, etc.) on or upon a person. M17.
Sir W. Scott Which shall..entail disgrace on all who have to do with it.
Necessitate as a consequence; have as an inevitable accompaniment, involve. E19.
D. Athill He had no conception of what a real job..entailed.
entailable adjective L17.
entailer noun a person who entails property L18.
entailment noun the action or an act of entailing something; Philosophy the strict or logically necessary implication of one proposition by another: M17.