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in⋅tit⋅ule

   [in-tit-yool]
–verb (used with object), -uled, -ul⋅ing. British.
to give a title to (a legislative act, etc.); entitle.
Origin:
1375–1425; < LL intitulāre, deriv. of titulus title (see in- 2 ); r. late ME entitulen < MF entituler < LL, as above; cf. entitle
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in·tit·ule     (ĭn-tĭch'ōōl)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   in·tit·uled, in·tit·ul·ing, in·tit·ules Chiefly British
To give a designation or title to (a legislative act, for example).


[Middle English entitelen, intitulen, from Old French intituler, from Late Latin intitulāre : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + Late Latin titulāre, to entitle (from Latin titulus, title).]

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Intitule

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.

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