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Noun entail has 2 senses
- entail - land received by fee tail
--1 is a kind of estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne
- entail - the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple
--2 is a kind of change
Verb entail has 3 senses
- entail, imply, mean - have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
--1 is one way to necessitate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- entail, implicate - impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?"
--2 is one way to bring about
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- fee-tail, entail - limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs
--3 is one way to bequeath, will, leave
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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