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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Entitle \En*ti"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entitled}; p. pr &
vb n. {Entitling}.] [OF. entituler, F. intituler, LL
intitulare fr L. in + titulus title. See {Title}, and cf
{Intitule}.]
1. To give a title to to affix to as a name or appellation;
hence also to dignify by an honorary designation; to
denominate; to call as to entitle a book
``Commentaries;'' to entitle a man ``Honorable.''
That which . . . we entitle patience. --Shak.
2. To give a claim to to qualify for with a direct object
of the person, and a remote object of the thing to
furnish with grounds for seeking or claiming with success;
as an officer's talents entitle him to command.
3. To attribute; to ascribe. [Obs.]
The ancient proverb . . . entitles this work . . .
peculiarly to God himself. --Milton.
Syn: To name designate; style; characterize; empower;
qualify; enable; fit
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
entitled
adj 1: qualified for by right according to law; "we are all
entitled to equal protection under the law"
2: given a title or identifying name "the book entitled `A
Tale of Two Cities'"
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