Entail
[ɪn'teɪl;en-] or [ɪn'tel]
Definition
(noun.) the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple.
(noun.) land received by fee tail.
(verb.) impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; 'What does this move entail?'.
(verb.) have as a logical consequence; 'The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers'.
Checked by Keith--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) That which is entailed.
(n.) An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.
(n.) The rule by which the descent is fixed.
(n.) Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
(n.) 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.
(n.) To appoint hereditary possessor.
(n.) To cut or carve in a ornamental way.
Checker: Witt
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Transfer (by inalienable title).[2]. Transmit (by necessity), fix unalterably.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Bequeath, leave, devolve, demise, involve, necessitate, induce
ANT:Alienate, supersede, nullify, prevent, obviate
Editor: Madge
Definition
v.t. (Spens.) to carve.
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.
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Examples
- He was eager that I should break the entail, and he was of opinion that it lay in my power to do so. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The son was to join in cutting off the entail, as soon as he should be of age, and the widow and younger children would by that means be provided for. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- But I can cut off the entail, you know. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But when the entail was touched on in the usual way, he said, My dear sir, it is not for me to dictate to you, but for my part I would let that alone. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Important changes in the embryo or larva will probably entail changes in the mature animal. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Jane and Elizabeth tried to explain to her the nature of an entail. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- You allude, perhaps, to the entail of this estate. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- But we have already seen how it entails extinction; and how largely extinction has acted in the world's history, geology plainly declares. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The imagination is more vivid: the horror of capitalism is not alone in the poverty and suffering it entails, but in its ruthless denial of life to millions of men. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The miseries it entails are genuine miseries--not points of etiquette or infringements of convention. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Entails are the natural consequences of the law of primogeniture. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- When great landed estates were a sort of principalities, entails might not be unreasonable. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This process of puddling lasted for about an hour and a half and entailed extremely severe labour on the workman. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Such estates go all to one person, and are in effect entailed and unalienable. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I should be ashamed of having one that was only entailed on me. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Old Lord Ingram's estates were chiefly entailed, and the eldest son came in for everything almost. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- How fearful were the curses those propensities entailed on me! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- There is no knowing how estates will go when once they come to be entailed. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Slight exertion at this time left me overcome with fatigue--sleepless nights entailed languid days. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- For your sake, turning to Charlotte, I am glad of it; but otherwise I see no occasion for entailing estates from the female line. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- That would obviously be inconvenient and unpleasant to the customers, besides entailing on the Blue Whatever-it-was, the risk of funeral expenses. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Typist: Ruth