entailed; entailing; entails
Definition of entail
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
the project will entail considerable expense
2
: to restrict (property) by limiting the inheritance to the owner's lineal descendants or to a particular class thereof
3a
: to confer, assign, or transmit (something) for an indefinitely long time : to confer, assign, or transmit as if by entail
entailed on them indelible disgrace— Robert Browning
b
: to fix (a person) permanently in some condition or status
entail him and his heirs unto the crown— William Shakespeare
entail
nounDefinition of entail (Entry 2 of 2)
1a
: a restriction especially of lands by limiting the inheritance to the owner's lineal descendants or to a particular class thereof
b
: an entailed (see entail entry 1 sense 2) estate
2
: something transmitted as if by entail
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The first known use of entail was in the 14th century
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