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verb
- 1. involve (something) as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence: "a situation that entails considerable risks"
- 2. settle the inheritance of (property) over a number of generations so that ownership remains within a particular group, usually one family: "her father's estate was entailed on a cousin"
noun
- 1. a settlement of the inheritance of property over a number of generations so that it remains within a family or other group: "the damage being done in England by entails"