entail

  1. Noun.  That which is entailed. Hence:.
  2. Noun.  (obsolete) Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To imply or require.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) 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 a heritage.
  5. Verb.  (transitive) (obsolete) To appoint hereditary possessor.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) (obsolete) To cut or carve in an ornamental way.

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