ENTITLE

entitle, title

(verb) give a title to

ennoble, gentle, entitle

(verb) give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

entitle

(verb) give the right to; “The Freedom of Information Act entitles you to request your FBI file”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

entitle (third-person singular simple present entitles, present participle entitling, simple past and past participle entitled)

To give a title to.

To dignify by an honorary designation.

To give power or authority (to do something).

To give rightful ownership.

To give a title to a book, film, play, etc.

Synonyms

• (give a title to): designate, name; see also denominate

• (dignify by an honorary designation): elevate, ennoble, invest

• (give power, authority): empower, enable, qualify

• (give rightful ownership)

• (give a title to a book): name

Anagrams

• Linette, titlene

Source: Wiktionary


En*ti"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entitled; p. pr. & vb. n. Entitling.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PREMATURELY

(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”


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