entail
to cause or involve by necessity or as a consequence: a loss entailing no regret.
to impose as a burden: Success entails hard work.
Law. to limit the passage of (real estate) to a specified line of heirs, so that it cannot be transferred or bequeathed to anyone else.
Law. to cause (anything) to descend to a fixed series of possessors.
the act of entailing.
Law. the state of being entailed.
any predetermined order of succession, as to an office.
Law. something that is entailed, as an estate.
Law. the rule of descent settled for an estate.
Origin of entail
1Other words from entail
- en·tail·er, noun
- en·tail·ment, noun
- pre·en·tail, verb (used with object)
Words Nearby entail
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How to use entail in a sentence
With this news, what buckling down entails has changed for you, awfully — but the underlying task of doing what is necessary and available to you has not changed.
Carolyn Hax: Should you really let go of gratitude during tough times? | Carolyn Hax | June 24, 2021 | Washington PostDoes political and social equality really have to entail a leveling of sexual difference?
How Straight World Stole ‘Gay’: The Last Gasp of the ‘Lumbersexual’ | Tim Teeman | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSome parents have transportation problems that entail further costs.
Foley was a risk taker who reported from the front lines, fully aware of the dangers that might entail.
Medieval Cruelty in Modern Times: ISIS Thugs Behead American Journalist | Christopher Dickey | August 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe or she can work with you to map out an individualized plan, which may entail taking the hormone melatonin.
Exactly what his appointments entail, and how much he can charge clients, often depends on the city.
Sex, Power, and Desire: The Life of America’s Next Top Escort | Scott Bixby | March 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPersonal and Social Covenanting both entail obligation on the Covenanting parties.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamBut men also humiliate us, degrade us, jeer at, ridicule the miseries that they and their society entail upon us.
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona CairdThe mention by Hogarth of Ridley and Latimer they considered irrelevant; their fathers' heroic mood was a detail: not an entail.
The Lord of the Sea | M. P. ShielHe hadn't been specific about what the "or else" would entail.
Sense from Thought Divide | Mark Irvin CliftonIt cannot, Sir Wycherly; nor with a will, so long as an heir of entail can be found.
The Two Admirals | J. Fenimore Cooper
British Dictionary definitions for entail
/ (ɪnˈteɪl) /
to bring about or impose by necessity; have as a necessary consequence: this task entails careful thought
property law to restrict (the descent of an estate) to a designated line of heirs
logic to have as a necessary consequence
property law
the restriction imposed by entailing an estate
an estate that has been entailed
Origin of entail
1Derived forms of entail
- entailer, noun
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