Word Meaning

entail definition and meaning

n. That which is entailed.
n. An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.
n. The rule by which the descent is fixed.
n. Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
n. 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.
n. To appoint hereditary possessor.
n. To cut or carve in a ornamental way.

Crossword clues for entail

- Be necessary
- Bring about
- Bring on
- Bring on as consequence
- Give rise to
- Involve by necessity
- Involve extremely engrossing detail
- Necessitate
- Result in, lead to