Entailing

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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.
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              Allowing them to entail their estates. --Hume.
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              I here entail
              The crown to thee and to thine heirs forever.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. To appoint hereditary possessor. [Obs.]
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              To entail him and his heirs unto the crown. --Shak.
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     3. To cut or carve in an ornamental way. [Obs.]
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              Entailed with curious antics.         --Spenser.
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