Entail

verb

/ənˈteɪl/

Word Frequency: 3.3

Definitions

1.verbTo imply or require.

"This activity will entail careful attention to detail."

2.verbTo 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.

3.verbTo appoint hereditary possessor.

4.verbTo cut or carve in an ornamental way.

Synonyms

imply mean implicate cause result presuppose implied understand suppose assume presume consist

Rhymes With

wail gale avail frail assail travail prevail stale

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