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[ verb en-teyl; noun en-teyl, en-teyl ] / verb ɛnˈteɪl; noun ɛnˈteɪl, ˈɛn teɪl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR entail ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object)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 (a landed estate) to a specified line of heirs, so that it cannot be alienated, devised, or bequeathed. Law. to cause (anything) to descend to a fixed series of possessors. nounthe 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 entail1350–1400; Middle English entailen (v.), entail (noun). See en-1, tail2 OTHER WORDS FROM entailen·tail·er, nounen·tail·ment, nounnon·en·tailed, adjectivepre·en·tail, verb (used with object) un·en·tailed, adjective Words nearby entailenswathe, ENT, entablature, entablement, entad, entail, entailment, ental, entameba, entamebiasis, entamoeba Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for entailDoes 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|DAILY BEAST Some parents have transportation problems that entail further costs. The Doctor’s Note Must Die!|Russell Saunders|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST 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|DAILY BEAST He or she can work with you to map out an individualized plan, which may entail taking the hormone melatonin. Can Changing Time Zones Affect Your Health?|DailyBurn|June 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The inclusiveness of Hebrew is its virtue in this context; learning it does not entail legal discrimination. A Hebrew Democratic State for All Its Citizens|Bernard Avishai|October 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST But still he had hated the thing, and as years rolled on he came to think that the entail now existing would do an especial evil. John Caldigate|Anthony Trollope But they have founded an entail, I am told, worth fifty thousand francs a year. The Marriage Contract|Honore de Balzac To recognize him as his son was his surest means of striking at the hated brother who came next in the entail. Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3)|Mary Cholmondeley You had far better all die—die immediately, than live slaves, and entail your wretchedness upon your posterity. Walker's Appeal, with a Brief Sketch of His Life|David Walker and Henry Highland Garnet The misery it will entail; the sleepless nights, the fear, the remorse that will follow? Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman|F. Hopkinson Smith
British Dictionary definitions for entail
verb (tr)to bring about or impose by necessity; have as a necessary consequencethis 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 nounproperty law - the restriction imposed by entailing an estate
- an estate that has been entailed
Derived forms of entailentailer, nounWord Origin for entailC14: entaillen, from en- 1 + taille limitation, tail ² Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to entailbring about, require, necessitate, encompass, involve, call for, lead to, entangle, impose, evoke, demand, occasion, tangle, cause, give rise to |