entails

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English

Definitions

verb

To imply or require.“This activity will entail careful attention to detail.”
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 a heritage.
To appoint hereditary possessor.
To cut or carve in an ornamental way.

noun

That which is entailed. Hence:
Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.

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Synonyms

imply mean implicate accompanies adds amounts anticipates assumes bears begets behaves breeds brings calls carries causes

Associated

chloride sodium risks assumption implies belief consequences reaction psychological consciousness risk necessarily

Rhymes

travails details gales wails tails tales nails trails sails bales

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