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Word: Entail
Speech Type: Verb
late Middle English (referring to settlement of property; formerly also as intail): from en-, in-‘into’ + Old French taille ‘notch, tax’ (see tail)
ɪnˈteɪl
ɛnˈteɪl
involve (something) as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence
Short Definition:involve necessary consequence
Examples:- a situation which entails considerable risks
limit the inheritance of (property) over a number of generations so that ownership remains within a particular family or group
Short Definition:settle inheritance of property
Examples:- her father's estate was entailed on a cousin
Word: Entail
Speech Type: Noun
ɪnˈteɪl
ɛnˈteɪl
a limitation of the inheritance of property to certain heirs over a number of generations
Short Definition:settlement of inheritance
Examples:- the damage being done in England by entails
- landed property was governed by primogeniture and entail
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