entail

Plural: entails

Noun

land received by fee tail
the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple
That which is entailed.
That which is entailed.
An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.
That which is entailed.
The rule by which the descent is fixed.
Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.

Verb

Verb Forms: entailed, entailing, entails

To involve as a necessary consequence; to restrict inheritance.
have as a logical consequence
impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
- "What does this move entail?"
limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs
To imply, require, or invoke.
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 a heritage.
To appoint hereditary possessor.
To cut or carve in an ornamental way.

Examples

A strategic play can entail a series of high-scoring moves for future turns.
This activity will entail careful attention to detail.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English entaillen, from Old French entaillier, entailler (“to notch”, literally “to cut in”); from prefix en- + tailler (“to cut”), from Late Latin taliare, from Latin talea. Compare late Latin feudum talliatum (“a fee entailed, i.e., curtailed or limited”).

Synonyms

fee-tail, implicate, imply, mean

Scrabble Score: 6

entail: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
entail: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
entail: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

entail: valid Words With Friends Word