entail.

1. An arrangement restricting the inheritance or transfer of property to a specified line.

2. To require or involve something as a necessary consequence.

3. To settle property so that succession or transfer is restricted to a specified line.

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Words that belong together

• family entail
• break an entail

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A family entail prevented the sale.

He sought a way to break the entail.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular entail; plural entails. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: entails.