entailed

Meanings

• adjective

  Relating to or denoting a legal obligation or responsibility that is hereditary and passes down through generations of a family.

  - "The entailed estate was passed down from generation to generation."
  - "The Duke's family was entailed to maintain the castle."

• verb

  To make (an estate or property) hereditary and inalienable.

  - "The estate was entailed to the eldest son."
  - "The land was entailed to the family for generations."

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Rhymes

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entwined , enchained , constrained

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Variants

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entail , entailed , entailer , entailers , entailing , entails

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Etymology

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From Old French 'entailer', meaning 'to fence in' or 'to enclose'. In law, the term came to refer to the act of enclosing land within a legal framework, which eventually came to mean the hereditary transmission of land and its obligations.

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Trivia

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1. The concept of entailment has its roots in feudal law and was used to ensure that land and its accompanying responsibilities stayed within a family.

2. In some cases, the entailment of an estate could be broken by Act of Parliament, but this was a rare and costly process.

3. The term 'entailed' is also used in logic to describe a relationship between propositions where the truth of one proposition logically implies the truth of another.

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Related Concepts

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1. inheritance: The process of transferring property, wealth, or titles from one generation to the next.

2. estate: A large piece of land owned by an individual or family, often with a house and accompanying buildings and land.

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Quotes

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1. Pregnancy involves the bodily dependence of the unborn child on its mother; in many cases, it "entails" a significant physical burden.

   - Cathleen Kaveny,{it}Commonweal{/it},4 May 2007

2. … it was a Master Highlighter Event, a two-day guest appearance by one of Kinkade's specially trained assistants, who would highlight any picture bought during the event for free. Highlighting a picture is not that different from highlighting your hair: it "entails" stippling tiny bright dots of paint on the picture to give it more texture and luminescence.

   - Susan Orlean,{it}New Yorker{/it},15 Oct. 2001

3. Discourse is a social as well as an intellectual activity; it "entails" interaction between minds, and it revolves around something possessed in common.

   - David A. Hollinger,{it}In the American Province{/it},(1985) 1992

4. Life is a difficult and complicated enterprise. It "entails" joy but also suffering, gain but also loss, hope but also despair.

   - Neal Gabler,{it}Life: The Movie{/it},1998

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Culture

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In literature, the concept of entailment is often used metaphorically to describe the transmission of ideas, values, or traditions from one generation to the next. In art, the term has been used to describe the intricate interconnections between various elements of a work.

How to Memorize "entailed"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a family tree with branches that represent generations. Each branch carries the entailed estate and the responsibilities that come with it, passing it down from one generation to the next.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'entailed' with the idea of a legal obligation or responsibility that is passed down through generations.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the phrase 'Entails are inherited, Inherited are entails' to help remember the meaning of the word.

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