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Antonyms for entailing

Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb en-teyl; noun en-teyl, en-teyl
Phonetic Transcription : verb ɛnˈteɪl; noun ɛnˈteɪl, ˈɛn teɪl

Definition 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

Synonyms for entailing

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