Enter a clue or pattern or both:

The Clue

Cause by consequences (6 letter answer)

The Answer

ENTAIL

Tags


Notes

The answer ENTAIL is common and appears about once every 275 puzzles.

Related Clues

Call for
Involve
Necessitate
Require
Take
Involve necessarily
Involve by necessity
Logical consequence
Necessarily involve
Involve willy-nilly

Definition

ENTAIL as a noun:

1. land received by fee tail
2. the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple

ENTAIL as a verb:

1. (entail, imply, mean) = have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
2. (entail, implicate) = impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?"
3. (fee-tail, entail) = limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs