en·tail /ɪnˈte(ə)l, ɛn-/
(vt.)使必需,使蒙受,使承擔,遺傳給限定繼承權
En·tail, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Entailing.]
1. 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 an heritage.
Allowing them to entail their estates. --Hume.
I here entail
The crown to thee and to thine heirs forever. --Shak.
2. To appoint hereditary possessor. [Obs.]
To entail him and his heirs unto the crown. --Shak.
3. To cut or carve in an ornamental way. [Obs.]
Entailed with curious antics. --Spenser.
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En·tail n.
1. That which is entailed. Hence: Law (a) An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue. (b) The rule by which the descent is fixed.
A power of breaking the ancient entails, and of alienating their estates. --Hume.
2. Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio. [Obs.] “A work of rich entail.”
entail
n 1: land received by fee tail
2: the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail
from a fee simple
v 1: have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means
that we have to stop taking long showers" [syn: imply,
mean]
2: impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or
result; "What does this move entail?" [syn: implicate]
3: limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of
heirs [syn: fee-tail]