'Entailed' definitions:
Definition of 'Entailed'
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 'entailed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- binding,
- compulsory,
- conclusive,
- decisive,
- decretory,
- dictated,
- final,
- hard-and-fast,
- imperative,
- imposed,
- irrevocable,
- mandated,
- mandatory,
- must,
- obligatory,
- peremptory,
- prescript,
- prescriptive,
- required,
- ultimate,
- without appeal