'Entail' definitions:
Definition of 'entail'
(from WordNet)
noun
Land received by fee tail
noun
The act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple
verb
Have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers" [syn: entail, imply, mean]
verb
Impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?" [syn: entail, implicate]
verb
Limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs [syn: fee-tail, entail]
Definition of 'Entail'
From: GCIDE
- Entail \En*tail"\, n. [OE. entaile carving, OF. entaille, F., an incision, fr. entailler to cut away; pref. en- (L. in) + tailler to cut; LL. feudum talliatum a fee entailed, i. e., curtailed or limited. See Tail limitation, Tailor.]
- 1. That which is entailed. Hence: (Law) (a) An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue. (b) The rule by which the descent is fixed. [1913 Webster]
- A power of breaking the ancient entails, and of alienating their estates. --Hume. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio. [Obs.] "A work of rich entail." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Entail'
From: GCIDE
- Entail \En*tail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Entailing.] [OE. entailen to carve, OF. entailler. See Entail, n.]
- 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. --Hume. [1913 Webster]
- I here entail The crown to thee and to thine heirs forever. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To appoint hereditary possessor. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- To entail him and his heirs unto the crown. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cut or carve in an ornamental way. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Entailed with curious antics. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'entail'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- add a codicil,
- affect,
- allegorize,
- allude to,
- argue,
- assume,
- be indicative of,
- be significant of,
- be symptomatic of,
- bequeath,
- bequeathal,
- bequest,
- bespeak,
- betoken,
- birthright,
- borough-English,
- bring,
- bring to mind,
- call for,
- cause,
- characterize,
- coheirship,
- comprise,
- connote,
- contain,
- coparcenary,
- demand,
- denominate,
- denote,
- devise,
- differentiate,
- disclose,
- display,
- execute a will,
- express,
- gavelkind,
- give evidence,
- give rise to,
- give token,
- hand down,
- hand on,
- heirloom,
- heirship,
- hereditament,
- heritable,
- heritage,
- heritance,
- highlight,
- hint,
- identify,
- implicate,
- imply,
- import,
- impose,
- incorporeal hereditament,
- indicate,
- infer,
- inheritance,
- insinuate,
- intimate,
- involve,
- law of succession,
- lead to,
- leave,
- legacy,
- line of succession,
- make a bequest,
- make a will,
- manifest,
- mark,
- mean,
- mean to say,
- mode of succession,
- necessitate,
- note,
- occasion,
- pass on,
- patrimony,
- point indirectly to,
- postremogeniture,
- presume,
- presuppose,
- primogeniture,
- require,
- reveal,
- reversion,
- show,
- signify,
- stand for,
- subsume,
- succession,
- suggest,
- suppose,
- symptomatize,
- symptomize,
- take,
- take for granted,
- take in,
- testify,
- transmit,
- ultimogeniture,
- will,
- will and bequeath,
- will to