"entail" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɛnˈteɪl/, /ɪnˈteɪl/, /ənˈteɪl/ Audio: en-us-entail.ogg [US] Forms: entails [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: From Middle English entaille (“carving”), from Old French entaille (“incision”), from the verb entailler. See above. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|entaille|t=carving}} Middle English entaille (“carving”), {{uder|en|fro|entaille||incision}} Old French entaille (“incision”), {{m|fro|entailler}} entailler Head templates: {{en-noun}} entail (plural entails)
  1. That which is entailed.
    An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.
    Sense id: en-entail-en-noun-xUH4siYT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 18 3 8 14 19 3 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 16 15 15 4 11 20 16 3
  2. That which is entailed.
    The rule by which the descent is fixed.
    Sense id: en-entail-en-noun-IosFJ8p6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 18 3 8 14 19 3 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 16 15 15 4 11 20 16 3
  3. That which is entailed.
    Sense id: en-entail-en-noun-I2v4nC5Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 18 3 8 14 19 3 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 16 15 15 4 11 20 16 3
  4. (obsolete) Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-entail-en-noun-VBtLwYbH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: intail [archaic] Derived forms: disentailment Translations (that which is entailed): entail (French)
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of 'that which is entailed': 33 33 33 0

Verb

IPA: /ɛnˈteɪl/, /ɪnˈteɪl/, /ənˈteɪl/ Audio: en-us-entail.ogg [US] Forms: entails [present, singular, third-person], entailing [participle, present], entailed [participle, past], entailed [past]
Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: From Middle English entaillen, from Old French entaillier, entailler (“to notch”, literally “to cut in”); from prefix en- + tailler (“to cut”), from Late Latin taliare, from Latin talea. Compare late Latin feudum talliatum (“a fee entailed, i.e., curtailed or limited”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|entaillen}} Middle English entaillen, {{der|en|fro|entaillier}} Old French entaillier, {{m|fro|entailler|lit=to cut in|t=to notch}} entailler (“to notch”, literally “to cut in”), {{m|fro|en-}} en-, {{m|fro|tailler|t=to cut}} tailler (“to cut”), {{der|en|LL.|taliare}} Late Latin taliare, {{der|en|la|talea}} Latin talea, {{cog|la|feudum talliatum|t=a fee entailed, i.e., curtailed or limited}} Latin feudum talliatum (“a fee entailed, i.e., curtailed or limited”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} entail (third-person singular simple present entails, present participle entailing, simple past and past participle entailed)
  1. (transitive) To imply, require, or invoke. Tags: transitive Translations (imply or require): implicar (Catalan), mít za následek (Czech), znamenat (Czech), nést s sebou [imperfective] (Czech), obnášet [imperfective] (Czech), verlangen (Dutch), impliceren (Dutch), tot gevolg hebben (Dutch), sisältää (Finnish), tuoda mukanaan (Finnish), comporter (French), impliquer (French), requérir (French), bedingen (German), mit sich bringen (German), nach sich ziehen (German), verursachen (German), zur Folge haben (German), erfordern (German), necesigar (Ido), comportare (Italian), implicare (Italian), implicar (Occitan), comportar (Occitan), requèrre (Occitan), مستلزم بودن (mostalzem budan) (Persian), ایجاب کردن (ijâb kardan) (Persian), implicar (Portuguese), pressupor (Portuguese), requerer (Portuguese), тре́бовать (trébovatʹ) (Russian), влечь (vlečʹ) (Russian), zahtijevati (Serbo-Croatian), conllevar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-entail-en-verb-r3TS0Cl- Categories (other): English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 16 15 15 4 11 20 16 3 Disambiguation of 'imply or require': 91 4 4 2
  2. (transitive) 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 a heritage. Tags: transitive Translations (settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing): conférer (French), accorder (French), als unveräußerliches Gut vererben (German)
    Sense id: en-entail-en-verb-24Lh~rR5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 18 3 8 14 19 3 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 16 15 15 4 11 20 16 3 Disambiguation of 'settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing': 1 92 6 1
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To appoint hereditary possessor. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-entail-en-verb-lj1lUbXy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 18 3 8 14 19 3 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 16 15 15 4 11 20 16 3
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To cut or carve in an ornamental way. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-entail-en-verb-d6Z2dn5C
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: intail [archaic] Derived forms: entailment
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "тре́бовать"
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          "text": "1754-1762, David Hume, The History of England\nAllowing them to entail their estates."
        },
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          "ref": "2023 January 11, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: castles and cathedrals”, in RAIL, number 974, page 55",
          "text": "Apparently, Henry VII visited the city [Bristol] in 1487, \"taking care to entail a sumptuary fine on the citizens because their wives dressed too gaudily\".",
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        "(transitive) 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 a heritage."
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          "_dis1": "1 92 6 1",
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          "sense": "settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing",
          "word": "conférer"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing",
          "word": "accorder"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing",
          "word": "als unveräußerliches Gut vererben"
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      "glosses": [
        "To appoint hereditary possessor."
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To appoint hereditary possessor."
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        "To cut or carve in an ornamental way."
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To cut or carve in an ornamental way."
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      "ipa": "/ɛnˈteɪl/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ɪnˈteɪl/"
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        "That which is entailed.",
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          "ref": "1907, Philip Richard Thornhagh Gurdon, The Khasis, page 88",
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