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Word: entail (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • obsolete Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
  • That which is entailed. Hence:

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Verb:

  • transitive obsolete To appoint hereditary possessor.
  • transitive obsolete To cut or carve in an ornamental way.
  • transitive To imply or require.
  • 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 an heritage.

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