Entail \En*tail"\, n. [OE. entaile carving, OF. entaille, F., an
   incision, fr. entailler to cut away; pref. en- (L. in) +
   tailler to cut; LL. feudum talliatum a fee entailed, i. e.,
   curtailed or limited. See Tail limitation, Tailor.]
   1. That which is entailed. Hence: (Law)
      (a) An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a
          particular class of issue.
      (b) The rule by which the descent is fixed.
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                A power of breaking the ancient entails, and of
                alienating their estates.         --Hume.
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   2. Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio. [Obs.] "A
      work of rich entail." --Spenser.
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	Entail \En*tail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entailed; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Entailing.] [OE. entailen to carve, OF. entailler. See
   Entail, n.]
   1. 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.
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            Allowing them to entail their estates. --Hume.
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            I here entail
            The crown to thee and to thine heirs forever.
                                                  --Shak.
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   2. To appoint hereditary possessor. [Obs.]
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            To entail him and his heirs unto the crown. --Shak.
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   3. To cut or carve in an ornamental way. [Obs.]
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            Entailed with curious antics.         --Spenser.
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	entail
    n 1: land received by fee tail
    2: the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail
       from a fee simple
    v 1: have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means
         that we have to stop taking long showers" [syn: entail,
         imply, mean]
    2: impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or
       result; "What does this move entail?" [syn: entail,
       implicate]
    3: limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of
       heirs [syn: fee-tail, entail]

	

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   denote, devise, differentiate, disclose, display, execute a will,
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   necessitate, note, occasion, pass on, patrimony,
   point indirectly to, postremogeniture, presume, presuppose,
   primogeniture, require, reveal, reversion, show, signify,
   stand for, subsume, succession, suggest, suppose, symptomatize,
   symptomize, take, take for granted, take in, testify, transmit,
   ultimogeniture, will, will and bequeath, will to