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entail: the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple; land received by fee tail; impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?"; have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

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subsume collapse: consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle; contain or include; "This new system subsumes the old one"

patrimony collapse: a church endowment

heirloom collapse: something that has been in a family for generations; (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance

bequest collapse: (law) a gift of personal property by will

lead to collapse

heiress collapse: a female heir

hand down collapse: passed on, as by inheritance; "This ring was handed down through many generations"

bequeath collapse: leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate"

heir apparent collapse: an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if that person outlives the ancestor

birthright collapse: personal characteristics that are inherited at birth; a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth; "free public education is the birthright of every American child"; an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)

primogeniture collapse: right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son

legacy collapse

inheritor collapse

presuppose collapse: require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones"; take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work"

bequeathal collapse

implicate collapse: bring into intimate and incriminating connection; "He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government"

heritage collapse: practices that are handed down from the past by tradition; "a heritage of freedom"

infer collapse

connote collapse: involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"

bring to mind collapse

allude to collapse

heir collapse: a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another

denote collapse: have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' "; be a sign or indication of; "Her smile denoted that she agreed"

testify collapse: give testimony in a court of law; provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"

inheritance collapse: hereditary succession to a title or an office or property; any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"; (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents; that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

allegorize collapse: make into an allegory; "The story was allegorized over time"; interpret as an allegory

successor collapse: a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone; a person who inherits some title or office; a person who follows next in order; "he was President Lincoln's successor"

require collapse

hand on collapse

characterize collapse: be characteristic of; "What characterizes a Venetian painting?"

take for granted collapse

suppose collapse: express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"

bespeak collapse: be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"

signify collapse: convey or express a meaning; "These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?"; make known with a word or signal; "He signified his wish to pay the bill for our meal"

betoken collapse

comprise collapse

differentiate collapse: become distinct and acquire a different character; become different during development; "cells differentiate"; calculate a derivative; take the derivative

devise collapse: (law) a gift of real property by will; a will disposing of real property; give by will, especially real property

identify collapse: consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"; recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"; identify as in botany or biology, for example; consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else; "He identified with the refugees"; conceive of as united or associated; "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus"

imply collapse: express or state indirectly; suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic; have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail; "This decision involves many changes"

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