Read full poem →What one wants, I suppose, is to predetermine the action,
So as to make it entail, not a chance belief, but the true one.
Out of the question, you say; if a thing isn't wrong we may do it.
Dictionary Entry
To imply or require.
In a Sentence
“This activity will entail careful attention to detail.”
Origin
Middle English, from Old French *entailier* ‘to cut in’, from *en-* ‘in’ + *taille* ‘cut’.
Common Phrases
. entailany entailupon entailentail necessarily
Related Words
Poetry examples for “entail”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Convey'd by this, ah! what doth it avail,
To be the fortieth name in an entail?"