2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] Allowing them to entail their estates. --Hume. [1913 Webster] I here entail The crown to thee and to thine heirs forever. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To appoint hereditary possessor. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] To entail him and his heirs unto the crown. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To cut or carve in an ornamental way. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Entailed with curious antics. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 22 Moby Thesaurus words for "entailed": absolute, binding, compulsory, conclusive, decisive, decretory, dictated, final, hard-and-fast, imperative, imposed, irrevocable, mandated, mandatory, must, obligatory, peremptory, prescript, prescriptive, required, ultimate, without appeal
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