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   En·tail

   verb

   • 1. involve (something) as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence: "a situation that entails considerable risks"
   • ▪ have as a logically necessary consequence.
   • 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"
   • ▪ cause to experience or possess in a way perceived as permanent or inescapable: archaic "I cannot get rid of the disgrace that you have entailed upon us"

   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"
   • ▪ a property that is bequeathed under such conditions: "the spinning mills were not part of the entail"

   Word Origin late Middle English (referring to settlement of property; formerly also as intail): from en-1, in-2 ‘into’ + Old French taille ‘notch, tax’ (see tail2).

   Derivatives

   • 1. entailment noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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