Meaning of "entail" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ENTAIL

Entaillen, from en-1 + taille limitation, tail².

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ENTAIL

entail  [ɪnˈteɪl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENTAIL

Entail is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb entail in English.

WHAT DOES ENTAIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fee tail

At common law, fee tail or entail is a restriction on the sale or inheritance of an estate in real property which prevents the property from being sold, devised by will, or otherwise alienated, and instead causes it to pass automatically by operation of law to the property owner's heirs at law upon his or her death. The term fee tail is from Medieval Latin feodum talliatum, which means "cut-short fee". The fee tail has been abolished in many jurisdictions. Its purpose was to keep family estates intact in the main line of succession. It also had the effect of disabling illegitimate children from inheriting. But it created complications for many propertied families, especially from about the late 17th to the early 19th century, leaving many individuals wealthy in land but heavily in debt, unable to sell any part of their land or even to offer the property as security for a loan. The nominal "owner" of the property in fact had the equivalent only of a life interest in it, with the remainder passing intact to the next successor or heir in law; any purported bequest of the land was ineffective.

Definition of entail in the English dictionary

The first definition of entail in the dictionary is to bring about or impose by necessity; have as a necessary consequence. Other definition of entail is to restrict to a designated line of heirs. Entail is also to have as a necessary consequence.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ENTAIL

PRESENT

Present

I entail

you entail

he/she/it entails

we entail

you entail

they entail

Present continuous

I am entailing

you are entailing

he/she/it is entailing

we are entailing

you are entailing

they are entailing

Present perfect

I have entailed

you have entailed

he/she/it has entailed

we have entailed

you have entailed

they have entailed

Present perfect continuous

I have been entailing

you have been entailing

he/she/it has been entailing

we have been entailing

you have been entailing

they have been entailing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I entailed

you entailed

he/she/it entailed

we entailed

you entailed

they entailed

Past continuous

I was entailing

you were entailing

he/she/it was entailing

we were entailing

you were entailing

they were entailing

Past perfect

I had entailed

you had entailed

he/she/it had entailed

we had entailed

you had entailed

they had entailed

Past perfect continuous

I had been entailing

you had been entailing

he/she/it had been entailing

we had been entailing

you had been entailing

they had been entailing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will entail

you will entail

he/she/it will entail

we will entail

you will entail

they will entail

Future continuous

I will be entailing

you will be entailing

he/she/it will be entailing

we will be entailing

you will be entailing

they will be entailing

Future perfect

I will have entailed

you will have entailed

he/she/it will have entailed

we will have entailed

you will have entailed

they will have entailed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been entailing

you will have been entailing

he/she/it will have been entailing

we will have been entailing

you will have been entailing

they will have been entailing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would entail

you would entail

he/she/it would entail

we would entail

you would entail

they would entail

Conditional continuous

I would be entailing

you would be entailing

he/she/it would be entailing

we would be entailing

you would be entailing

they would be entailing

Conditional perfect

I would have entail

you would have entail

he/she/it would have entail

we would have entail

you would have entail

they would have entail

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been entailing

you would have been entailing

he/she/it would have been entailing

we would have been entailing

you would have been entailing

they would have been entailing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you entail
we let´s entail
you entail

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to entail

Past participle

entailed

Present Participle

entailing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «ENTAIL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «entail» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of entail

bring about · cause · demand · encompass · give rise to · impose · involve · necessitate · need · occasion · produce · require

TRANSLATION OF ENTAIL

Find out the translation of entail to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of entail from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «entail» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 牵连
• Translator English - Spanish: suponer
• English: entail
• Translator English - Hindi: आवश्यक
• Translator English - Arabic: يستتبع
• Translator English - Russian: влечет за собой
• Translator English - Portuguese: implicar
• Translator English - Bengali: ফলস্বরূপ ঘটা
• Translator English - French: entraîner
• Translator English - Malay: Memerlukan
• Translator English - German: mit sich bringen
• Translator English - Japanese: 引き起こす
• Translator English - Korean: 수반하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Entail
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đòi hỏi
• Translator English - Tamil: இன்றியமையாதாக்குகிறது
• Translator English - Marathi: लादणे
• Translator English - Turkish: yol açmak
• Translator English - Italian: comportare
• Translator English - Polish: pociągać za sobą
• Translator English - Ukrainian: тягне за собою
• Translator English - Romanian: atrage după sine
• Translator English - Greek: συνεπάγονται
• Translator English - Afrikaans: behels
• Translator English - Swedish: medföra
• Translator English - Norwegian: innebære

7 QUOTES WITH «ENTAIL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word entail.

1

Ulrich Beck

Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.

2

Ulrich Beck

But it then very soon became clear that the response of a war against terrorism, initially conceived of in a metaphorical sense, began to be taken increasingly seriously and came to entail waging a real war.

3

Anne Bronte

Beauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and, therefore, it is likely to entail a great deal of trouble on the possessor.

4

George Grey

This part of Brazil offered the curious spectacle of a great evil, which has been long suffered to exist and is now advancing, gradually yet surely, to that state which must entail inevitable destruction on the existing Government of the country.

5

Kim Hunter

My agent sent me the script and I loved it. I wondered how they would turn me into a chimp. My agent said it would probably not entail to much time. Just some hair and make-up. I found out that it was not so simple.

6

Jon Meacham

An unexamined faith is not worth having, for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection of one of the great human gifts: that of free will, of the liberty to make up our own minds based on evidence and tradition and reason.

7

Miyamoto Musashi

All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENTAIL»

Discover the use of entail in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to entail and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Consciousness and its place in nature: does physicalism ...

In this book Strawson provides the fullest and most careful statement of his position to date, throwing down the gauntlet to his critics by inviting them to respond in print.

Galen Strawson, Anthony Freeman, 2006

The Entail: Or, the Lairds of Grippy, Volume 2

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.

John Galt, 2010

Considerations on the inexpediency of the Law of Entail in ...

But that judgment was reversed in the House of Lords, and it was finally decided that the estate was afl'ectable only by such debts as were due at the time of the date of the deed of entail, and which remained due at the time of the entailer's ...

Patrick Irvine, 1826

Primogeniture and Entail in England: A Survey of Their ...

The overview of their literary representation attempted here is, we believe, also unprecedented. As may be expected, emphasis throughout this book is laid on the interaction between history and literature.

Zouheir Jamoussi, 2011

The Entail (Scotland) ACT, 1882

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.

John Philip Wood, 2009

Law, Land, and Family: Aristocratic Inheritance in England ...

to have had only the entail's presumptuous duration in mind, but the words are applicable to its family principle as well. The landowner who entailed his estate on his eldest son no doubt provided for his younger children beforehand, but he ...

Eileen Spring, 1997

Cases Decided in the House of Lords: On Appeal from the ...

Sir W. Purves and Others, Respondents. — Warren — Irving. Pretcription — Clause. — A party who possessed an estate under an entail, prohibiting, inter alia, any alteration of the course of succession, having, by his son's contract of marriage, ...

Patrick Shaw, 1826

History of the town of Greenock

and he concurred in making an entail of the estate of Greenock, which they settled on the heirs male, of that marriage ; which failing, on the heirs male of Margaret Shaw, afterwards Lady Houston, the elder Sir John's only daughter. Sir John ...

Daniel Weir, 1829

A Dictionary and Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Short ...

With Short Explanations of the Most Ordinary English Law Terms. To which is Added a Supplement, Containing an Analysis of the Court of Session Act, the Advocation and Suspension Act, the Diligence Act, and the Entail Excambion Act  ...

William Bell, 1838

The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in ...

INNER-HOUSE.— FIRST DIVISION. June~hCl829. No. 375.— .Marquis of Queensbeiuiv r. Duke of Ql'Er.NSBERrtY's ExECUTORS. Entail— Contravention of, by granting lensTM at an under- value in paint of rent, contrary to a prohibition in the ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENTAIL»

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Greek proposals: Tax hikes and pension reforms?

Reaffirming the popular opposition to austerity, 61 percent of Greeks voted against a bailout program that would entail more cuts in a ... «CNBC, Jul 15»

A moment of triumph

... with the European Union and IMF and that it would not entail the departure from the euro that more than 75% of Greeks wish to avoid. Without ... «The Economist, Jul 15»

Merkel promises help to fragile Bosnia on long path to EU

Reforms would entail streamlining a bloated government, cutting income taxes and improving the climate for business. Merkel said that reforms ... «Channel News Asia, Jul 15»

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... entail keeping clear of bounty hunters and an Imperial agent in this new adventure set between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. «Tech Times, Jul 15»

Proof that Merkel is Europe's economic bully

Achieving that, however, would entail altering Germany's own economy by, for instance, getting coddled service industries to increase ... «Kathimerini, Jul 15»

Kids (And Kids At Heart), Amazon Now Lets You 3D Print Your …

Amazon isn't content with running the 3D print shop on its own, and its strategy seems to entail building the field so that other players will come. «Tech Times, Jul 15»

Comelec junks hybrid poll option for full automation

... “between P36.8 billion and P39.7 billion,” while the fully automated process used in 2010 and 2013 would entail a maximum of P20.5 billion. «Philippine Star, Jul 15»

The Walking Dead Season 6 News: Scott Gimple Promises Multiple …

No word on what that backstory could entail, of course, but we could make a couple of safe bets. But we won't spoil any of that here. If you want ... «Den of Geek!, Jul 15»

Greece is a symptom of Europe's crisis

Structural reform for Greece does not entail what we have read in most of the proposals of the last few weeks: more taxes for companies and ... «Politico, Jul 15»

Twitter's Project Lightning named 'Moments' Announced, Twitteratis …

It can entail updates or news from a music concert to some major sports match or breaking news. For mobile users, these curated feeds will ... «Venture Capital Post, Jul 15»