'Entailing' definitions:

Definition of 'Entailing'

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]

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