单词 | entail |
释义 | entail/ɪnˈteɪl / /ɛnˈteɪl/verb [with object] 1Involve (something) as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence: a situation which entails considerable risks...
Synonyms necessitate, make necessary, require, need, demand, call for; presuppose, assume, warrant, be grounds for; involve, mean, imply; cause, bring about, produce, result in, end in, culminate in, finish in, terminate in, lead to, give rise to, occasion, engender, generate, prompt, effect, evoke, elicit, precipitate, trigger, spark off, provoke 1.1 Logic Have as a logically necessary consequence.Most of us think we can always enlarge our knowledge base by accepting things that are entailed by things we know....
2 Law Limit the inheritance of (property) over a number of generations so that ownership remains within a particular family or group: her father’s estate was entailed on a cousin...
2.1 archaic Cause to experience or possess (something) permanently or inescapably: I cannot get rid of the disgrace which you have entailed upon us noun Law 1A limitation of the inheritance of property to certain heirs over a number of generations: the damage being done in England by entails [mass noun]: landed property was governed by primogeniture and entail...
1.1A property bequeathed under an entail: the spinning mills were not part of the entail Derivativesentailment
OriginLate Middle English (referring to settlement of property; formerly also as intail): from en-1, in-2 'into' + Old French taille 'notch, tax' (see tail2). Rhymes |
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