entailed

[en-teyld]

adjective

1. involved with or following from something by logical necessity or as a consequence.

   Most of the public complied with the curfew restrictions despite the entailed inconvenience.

   If the entailed proposition turns out to be false, the theory that generated it must also be false.

2. Law.,  (of real estate) limited to a specified line of heirs, so that it cannot be transferred or bequeathed to anyone else.

   This entailed estate has belonged to the family for a period of 300 years.

3. Law.,  descending to a fixed series of possessors, as a title, the crown, etc..

   On the death of his uncle Edward, Duke of York, Richard acquired the entailed title of his grandfather Edmund, Duke of York.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of entail.

Other Word Forms

• nonentailed adjective
• unentailed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of entailed¹

First recorded in 1525–35; entail ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; entail ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

Much of his domestic travel has entailed visits to his properties in Florida and New Jersey or to major sporting events such as the Ryder Cup and the Super Bowl.

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Despite all the costs entailed in the transition, industrial technology and the market system accomplished what no benevolent king’s redistribution, no loving bishop’s charity, no mercantilist’s protectionism and no powerful guild ever did.

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That entailed buying put option contracts against the S&P 500 as a hedge against market declines.

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The part entailed physically burying himself in another body.

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Organizers quickly realized it was a misunderstanding—one game had entailed throwing water balloons at an inflatable doll in a test of accuracy.

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