Synonyms for entailing

Grammar : Verb

Spell : verb en-teyl; noun en-teyl, en-teyl

Phonetic Transcription : verb ɛnˈteɪl; noun ɛnˈteɪl, ˈɛn teɪl

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Définition of entailing

Origin : mid-14c., "convert (an estate) into 'fee tail' (feudum talliatum)," from en- (1) "make" + taile "legal limitation," especially of inheritance, ruling who succeeds in ownership and preventing it from being sold off, from Anglo-French taile, Old French taillie, past participle of taillier "allot, cut to shape," from Late Latin taliare. Sense of "have consequences" is 1829, from notion of "inseparable connection." Related: Entailed; entailling.

verb require; result in

Example sentences :

I have already purchased an ample estate with the view of entailing it on you and your issue.
Extract from : « Coningsby » by Benjamin Disraeli

Can I bear to think of entailing beggary on the posterity of my Amelia?
Extract from : « Amelia » by Henry Fielding

Exercise this cannot be called; it is the worst species of labour, entailing upon its victims numerous evils.
Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction » by Various

As in the other instance, a search has to be made for the key, entailing much perambulation of the farm.
Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home

England no longer permits the entailing of estates for long periods.
Extract from : « Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 3 » by Various

Then, one night, the tobacco barn of Jason Diggett burned to the ground, entailing quite a loss.
Extract from : « The Pioneer Boys of the Ohio » by Harrison Adams

Yet there was not a Davidge who refrained from marriage, so entailing the curse on another generation.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. » by Various

Idolatry is either a defiance or a forgetfulness of God,--high treason to the majesty of Heaven, entailing the direst calamities.
Extract from : « Beacon Lights of History, Volume V » by John Lord

A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

Relative seniority, entailing relative social duties, is also expressed in the terms of relationship.
Extract from : « Social Origins and Primal Law » by Andrew Lang

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