entail
- Noun. That which is entailed. Hence:.
- Noun. (obsolete) Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
- Verb. (transitive) To imply or require.
- Verb. (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.
- Verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To appoint hereditary possessor.
- Verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To cut or carve in an ornamental way.
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