ENTAIL

I. transitive verb see: tail Date: 14th century to restrict (property) by limiting the inheritance to the owner's lineal descendants or to a particular class thereof, 2. to confer, assign, or transmit as if by ~ ; fasten , to fix (a person) permanently in some condition or status , to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result , ~er noun ~ment noun II. noun Date: 14th century 1. an ~ing especially of lands, an ~ed estate, something transmitted as if by ~