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entail
/ənˈteɪl/
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.
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