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| en·tail [ in táyl ] |
transitive verb (past and past participle en·tailed, present participle en·tail·ing, 3rd person present singular en·tails) |
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1. have something as consequence: to involve or result in something inevitably
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2. restrict ownership of bequest: to restrict the future ownership of real estate to particular descendants, through instructions written into a will
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noun (plural en·tails) |
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1. restriction of future ownership: the limiting of the future ownership of bequeathed property to particular descendants
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2. entailed piece of real estate: a piece of real estate that has been entailed
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3. future owners of entailed real estate: the line of descendants who own an entailed real estate
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| [14th century. <en- + Old French taille "limitation" < taillier "to cut" (see tailor)] |
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  en·tail·ment noun |
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