2. The condition of being entailed.
3. A thing entailed. Brutality as an hereditary entailment becomes an ever weakening force. R. L. Dugdale.
ENTAL
En"tal, a. Etym: [See Ent-.] (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or situated near, central or deep parts; inner; — opposed to ectal. B. G. Wilder.
ENTAME
En*tame", v. t.
Defn: To tame. [Obs.] Shak.
ENTANGLE
En*tan"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entangled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Entangling.]
1. To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.
2. To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers. "Entangling alliances." Washington. The difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and entangle their understandings. Locke. Allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose future was so uncertain. Froude.
ENTANGLEMENT
En*tan"gle*ment, n.