Definitions for entail
ɛnˈteɪl; ˈɛn teɪlen·tail

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 4 votes

1. entailnoun

   land received by fee tail

2. entailverb

   the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple

3. entail, imply, meanverb

   have as a logical consequence

   "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

4. entail, implicateverb

   impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result

   "What does this move entail?"

5. fee-tail, entailverb

   limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. entailnoun

   That which is entailed. Hence:

2. entailnoun

   Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.

3. entailverb

   To imply or require.

   This activity will entail careful attention to detail.

4. entailverb

   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 a heritage.

5. entailverb

   To appoint hereditary possessor.

6. entailverb

   To cut or carve in an ornamental way.

7. Etymology: From entaile, from entaille, from entailler; from prefix en- + tailler, from taliare, from talea. Compare late Latin feudum talliatum.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Entailnoun

   Etymology: feudum talliatum, from the French entaillè, cut, from tailler, to cut.

   1. The estate entailed or settled, with regard to the rule of its descent.2. The rule of descent settled for any estate.3. Engraver’s work; inlay. Obsolete.

   Well it appeared to have been of old
   A work of rich entail, and curious mold,
   Woven with anticks and wild imagery. Fairy Queen, b. ii.

2. To Entailverb

   Etymology: tailler, to cut; entailler, French.

   1. To settle the descent of any estate so that it cannot be by any subsequent possessor bequeathed at pleasure.

   I here entail
   The crown to thee and to thine heirs for ever. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   Had Richard unconstrain’d resign’d the throne,
   A king can give no more than is his own:
   The title stood entail’d, had Richard had a son. Dryden.

   2. To fix unalienably upon any person or thing

   None ever had a privilege of infallibility entailed to all he said. Kenelm Digby, on Bodies.

   The intemperate and unjust transmit their bodily infirmities and diseases to their children, and entail a secret curse upon their estates. John Tillotson, Sermon 4.

   3. To cut. Obsolete.

   The mortal steel dispiteously entail’d,
   Deep in their flesh, quite through the iron walls,
   That a large purple stream adown their giambeux falls. F. Q.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. entail

   In English common law, fee tail or entail is a form of trust established by deed or settlement which restricts the sale or inheritance of an estate in real property and prevents the property from being sold, devised by will, or otherwise alienated by the tenant-in-possession, and instead causes it to pass automatically by operation of law to an heir determined by the settlement deed. The term fee tail is from Medieval Latin feodum talliatum, which means "cut(-short) fee" and is in contrast to "fee simple" where no such restriction exists and where the possessor has an absolute title (although subject to the allodial title of the monarch) in the property which he can bequeath or otherwise dispose of as he wishes. Equivalent legal concepts exist or formerly existed in many other European countries and elsewhere.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. entail

   Entail usually refers to a situation or action that involves or necessitates certain conditions, consequences or responsibilities. It can also mean to have something as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Entailnoun

   that which is entailed

2. Entailnoun

   an estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue

3. Entailnoun

   the rule by which the descent is fixed

4. Entailnoun

   delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio

5. Entailnoun

   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

6. Entailnoun

   to appoint hereditary possessor

7. Entailnoun

   to cut or carve in a ornamental way

8. Etymology: [OE. entailen to carve, OF. entailler. See Entail, n.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Entail

   en-tāl′, v.t. (Spens.) to carve. [O. Fr. entailler—Low L. en, into, taleāre, to cut.]

2. Entail

   en-tāl′, v.t. to settle an estate on a series of heirs, so that the immediate possessor may not dispose of it: to bring on as an inevitable consequence:—pr.p. entail′ing; pa.p. entailed′.—n. an estate entailed: the rule of descent of an estate.—ns. Entail′er; Entail′ment, act of entailing: state of being entailed. [O. Fr. entailler, to cut into—en, in, into, tailler, to cut—L. talea, a twig.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Entail

   a term in law which came to be used in connection with the practice of limiting the inheritance of estates to a certain restricted line of heirs. Attempts of the kind, which arise naturally out of the deeply-seated desire which men have to preserve property—especially landed estates—in their own families, are of ancient date; but the system as understood now, involving the principle of primogeniture, owes its origin to the feudal system. Sometimes the succession was limited to the male issue, but this was by no means an invariable practice; in modern times the system has been, by a succession of Acts of Parliaments (notably the Cairns Act of 1882), greatly modified, and greater powers given to the actual owner of alienating the estates to which he has succeeded, a process which is called "breaking the entail."

Matched Categories

1. • Land
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British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'entail' in Verbs Frequency: #921

Anagrams for entail »

1. Latine

2. tineal

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of entail in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of entail in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of entail in a Sentence

1. European Commission:

   In the aftermath of the outburst of this scandal, strong calls have been made to the Commission to reinforce the type approval system, in particular by ensuring adequate supervisory mechanisms, substantial divergences in the interpretation and application of the rules entail the risk of undermining the effectiveness of the system and therefore the main policy objectives of ensuring the safety and health of citizens and the protection of the environment.

2. Barkoff Lamy:

   Dr. Bright has not been given any details about his new assignment or what his new job would entail ; nonetheless, under his doctor's direction, he has been on sick leave due to hypertension caused by this current situation.

3. Jerry Nadler:

   Hosting the G7 Summit at Doral implicates both the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses, because it would entail United States to benefit the President, the latter potentially including both federal and state expenditures. More importantly, the Doral decision reflects perhaps the first publicly known instance in which foreign governments would be required to pay President Trump's private businesses in order to conduct business with the United States.

4. Miyamoto Musashi:

   There is timing in the whole life of the warrior, in his thriving and declining, in his harmony and discord. Similarly, there is timing in the Way of the merchant, in the rise and fall of capital. All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this.

5. Margot Wallstrom:

   Israel has been extremely aggressive, they have continued with their settlement policies, they have continued demolitions, they have continued with their occupation policies which entail a humiliation of Palestinians, which makes the (peace) process difficult.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=entail
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Entail
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=entail
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entail
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entail
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=entail
8. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Entail