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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Entail \En*tail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Entailing.] [OE. entailen to carve, OF. entailler. See Entail, n.]

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. [1913 Webster]

Allowing them to entail their estates.— Hume.[1913 Webster]
I here entail The crown to thee and to thine heirs forever.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To appoint hereditary possessor. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

To entail him and his heirs unto the crown.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.To cut or carve in an ornamental way. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Entailed with curious antics.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]
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