All 15 Uses of
entails
in
Pride and Prejudice
Uses with a meaning too rare to warrant foucs:
- Mr. Bennet's property consisted almost entirely in an estate of two thousand a year, which, unfortunately for his daughters, was entailed, in default of heirs male, on a distant relation; and their mother's fortune, though ample for her situation in life, could but ill supply the deficiency of his.
p. 29.1entailed = promised by law
- I do think it is the hardest thing in the world, that your estate should be entailed away from your own children; and I am sure, if I had been you, I should have tried long ago to do something or other about it.
p. 61.0entailed = restricted due to inheritance stipulations
- Jane and Elizabeth tried to explain to her the nature of an entail.
p. 61.1entail = limitation on use of property based on conditions of inheritance
- As a clergyman, moreover, I feel it my duty to promote and establish the blessing of peace in all families within in the reach of my influence; and on these grounds I flatter myself that my present overtures are highly commendable, and that the circumstance of my being next in the entail of Longbourn estate will be kindly overlooked on your side, and not lead you to reject the offered olive-branch.
p. 62.1entail = inheritance
- And what can he mean by apologising for being next in the entail?
p. 62.9
- You allude, perhaps, to the entail of this estate.
p. 63.9entail = limitations on use of property based on conditions of inheritance
- There is no knowing how estates will go when once they come to be entailed.
p. 64.0entailed = restricted by rules of inheritance
- If it was not for the entail, I should not mind it.
p. 128.5entail = restrictions of inheritance
- I never can be thankful, Mr. Bennet, for anything about the entail.
p. 128.7entail = inheritance
- How anyone could have the conscience to entail away an estate from one's own daughters, I cannot understand; and all for the sake of Mr. Collins too!
p. 128.8entail = leave (by will)
- The consequence of it is, that Lady Lucas will have a daughter married before I have, and that the Longbourn estate is just as much entailed as ever.
p. 138.2entailed = restricted by inheritance stipulations
- Lady Catherine then observed, "Your father's estate is entailed on Mr. Collins, I think."
p. 160.9entailed = promised upon inheritance
- "For your sake," turning to Charlotte, "I am glad of it; but otherwise I see no occasion for entailing estates from the female line."
p. 161.0 *entailing = leaving by last will and testament
- I should be ashamed of having one that was only entailed on me.
p. 220.9entailed = left by last will and testament
- The son was to join in cutting off the entail, as soon as he should be of age, and the widow and younger children would by that means be provided for.
p. 292.6entail = inheritance
Definitions:
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(1)
(entails) involves or requires
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Entail also had a specialized meaning in law related to limiting the inheritance of property or order of succession. That sense is often seen in classic literature.