entail
verb
[ ɪnˈteɪl ]
• involve (something) as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence.
• "a situation which entails considerable risks"
Similar:
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,
• 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"
entail
noun
• a limitation of the inheritance of property to certain heirs over a number of generations.
• "the damage being done in England by entails"
Origin:
late Middle English (referring to settlement of property; formerly also as intail ): from en-1, in-2 ‘into’ + Old French taille ‘notch, tax’ (see tail2).
