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entail

/ənˈteɪl/
verb
  1. To imply or require.

    "This activity will entail careful attention to detail."

  2. 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.

  3. To appoint hereditary possessor.

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