Thesaurus: entail

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1. n. That which is entailed.
2. n. An class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/estate">estate in fee class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/entailed">entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.
3. n. The rule by which the descent is fixed.
4. n. Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
5. 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.
6. n. To appoint hereditary possessor.
7. n. To cut or carve in a ornamental way.
8. n. land received by fee tail
9. n. the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple
10. v. have as a logical consequence
11. v. impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
12. v. limit the class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/inheritance">inheritance of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/property">property to a specific class of heirs