English to English
entail
(/E/n't/eI/l
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noun (n)
- land received by fee tail(noun.possession)source: wordnet30
- the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- That which is entailed.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result(verb.stative)Example:
What does this move entail?.
source: wordnet30 - limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs(verb.possession)source: wordnet30
- 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.(verb)source: webster1913