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| entail [ in táyl ] |
transitive verb (3rd person present singular entails, present participle entailing, past and past participle entailed) |
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1. have something as consequence: to involve or result in something inevitably
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2. restrict ownership of bequest: to restrict the future ownership of property to particular descendants, through instructions written into a will
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noun (plural entails) |
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1. restriction of future ownership: the limiting of the future ownership of bequeathed property to particular descendants
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2. entailed property: a property that has been entailed
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3. future owners of entailed property: the line of descendants who own an entailed property
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| [14th century. <en- + Old French taille 'limitation' < taillier 'to cut' (see tailor)] |
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  entailment noun |
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