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"Entail" Definition

noun

A predetermined order of succession, as to an estate or to an office.
An entailed estate.
Something transmitted as if by unalterable inheritance.
The act of entailing, especially property.
The state of being entailed.

verb-transitive

To bestow or impose on a person or a specified succession of heirs.
To have, impose, or require as a necessary accompaniment or consequence: The investment entailed a high risk. The proposition X is a rose entails the proposition X is a flower because all roses are flowers.
To limit the inheritance of (property) to a specified succession of heirs.

verb

To restrict (property) by limiting the inheritance to the owner's descendants or to a particular class thereof.
To confer, assign, or transmit (something) for an indefinitely long time to confer, assign, or transmit as if by entail .
To fix (a person) permanently in some condition or status .
To impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result .