entitlev.

/ɛnˈtʌɪt(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English–1600s entytle, ( entytel, entitele), Middle English– entitle. Also Middle English–1600s intytle, ( intitele), Middle English–1800s intitle. See also intitule v.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman entitler, Old French entiteler, entituler, modern French intituler, corresponding to Provençal entitolar , intitular , Italian intitolare , late Latin intitulāre , < in in + titulus title n.

I. From title n. = ‘superscription, designation’.

a. transitive. To furnish (a literary work, a chapter, etc.) with a heading or superscription; in early use gen. (cf. title n.). Subsequently only in narrower sense: To give to (a book, etc.) a designation by which it is to be cited, or which indicates the nature of its contents. Chiefly with object complement; also const. †by, †with.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > matter of book > [verb (transitive)] > title or heading

entitlec1381

titlea1387

intitule1490

intitulate1575

overwrite1605

rubricate1793

subtitle1830

epigraph1860

α.

c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 30 This booke..Entitled was right thus..Tullius of the dreame of Scipion.

1388 J. Wyclif Jerome's Prol. Rom. The epistil..that to Ebrues ys writen..is not entitlid with his [Paul's] name.

1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton A ij b This book..ought to be entytled the reule and gouernement of the body and of the sowle.

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions Ep. Ded. sig. iij I haue entitled the booke Positions.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. E1^v To dedicate them [sc. books]..to priuate and equall friendes, or to intitle the Bookes with their Names.

1792 European Mag. & London Rev. Nov. 363 This section Mr. S. entitles, ‘Of the Use and Abuse of general Principles in Politics’.

1888 H. Morley Eng. Writers III. 179 A book entitled ‘De Nugis Curialium’.

β. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 25 In his Policraticon, whom he intitlede de Nugis Curialium.a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. B.iiij^v I will intitle this boke the Golden boke.1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 1 Bookes..intiteled..the psalter, primers, praiers, statutes and lawes of this realme.1738 T. Birch Life Milton in J. Milton Wks. I. 76 The Icon was at first intitled by the King Suspiria Regalia.1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) Contents 7 Extracts from a Book intitled the Storm.

†b. To inscribe, dedicate (a book) to a person.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > matter of book > [verb (transitive)] > dedicate writing to

directc1374

inscrive1382

entitlea1464

dedicate1542

ascribea1555

inscribea1650

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 119 Doctour Gilis..entitiled it [sc. the bok Of Gouernauns of Princes] to Philip, dauphin of Frauns.

1607 S. Hieron Remedie for Securitie in Wks. (1620) I. Ded. sig. Pp iiij I haue thought good to commend some of my poore labours vnto you, by a more particular entitling them to your name.

†c. To ascribe (a literary work) to an author. With mixed notion of 5c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > originate or be a source of [verb (transitive)] > attribute to an author or source

refera1398

reducec1454

father?1499

entitle1550

intitule1559

foist1598

attribute1599

mother1645

authoridate1652

accredit1864

1550 T. Cranmer Def. Sacrament f. 50^v In an other booke, entitled to sainct Augustine, is written thus, etc.

1575 W. Fulke Confut. Doctr. Purgatory (1577) 216 Ecclesiasticus and the booke of Wisdome, falsely intitled to Salomon.

1671 H. Stubbe Reply Def. Royal Soc. 17 My Adversaries will here allow no other Book to be Entitled unto the R.S. but what is licensed by their President.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Introd. 14 Dionysius made a Tragedy called Parthenopæus, and intitled it to Sophocles.

1724 J. Swift Let. 28 Apr. The other [tract] is entitled to a Weaver..but thought to be the work of a better hand.

†d. ? To prefix the name of (an alleged author) to. Obsolete. (Perhaps belongs to 5.)

ΚΠ

a1745 J. Swift (T.) We have been entitled, and have had our names prefixed at length to whole volumes of mean productions.

2. To bestow on (a person) a certain title or designation expressing his rank, office, or character; to speak of (a person) by a certain title. Formerly also, to give a certain designation to (a thing). Const. as in 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > entitle

nameOE

entitle1447

titlea1530

intitule1569

intitulate1575

betitle1654

annominate1768

α.

1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) Introd. 3 Galfryd of Ynglond in his newe werk Entytlyd thus as I can aspye Galfridus Anglicus.

1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. B4 It were enough to entitle those Browne sectaries of the Blacke Prince, with the name of traytors.

1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 21 The kings and Queenes of England entitling themselues kings and Queenes of Fraunce.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 171 Next favourable thou, Who highly thus to entitle me voutsaf'st.

1683 J. Ray Corr. (1848) 135 He entitles it Conyza acris annua alba.

1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 147 Please entitle S. only Bart.

1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets Joel 139 Here entitled by the incommunicable Name of God.

β. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. ii. 33 That which in meane men we intitle Patience, Is pale cold Cowardice. 1605 W. Camden Remaines ii. 35 Mawd..who intitled her selfe Empresse.a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. vi. 62 And now by Law, as well as reuerent age, I may intitle thee my louing Father. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. ii. 232 They intitled him Sultan.

†3. To write down under proper titles or headings. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > record > list > [verb (transitive)]

telleOE

reckonc1175

titlea1325

reckonc1400

entitlec1430

recitea1475

recount1481

perusea1535

capitulate1566

recense1583

catalogue1598

item1601

renumerate1605

list1614

enumeratea1649

recenseate1657

cataloguize1820

to run down ——1833

reel1835

to call off1846

itemize1864

enumer1936

α.

c1430 J. Lydgate in Lay Folks Mass Bk. (1879) 394 Somme entytlenn hem in smale bookes of Report.

1463 Abbot of Langley in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 372 And more þinges..which I entytelyd in a scrowe.

1533 J. Frith Bk. answeringe Mores Let. sig. Aij^v He desyred me to entitle the somme of my wordes and write them for him.

β. 1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 21 §9 One sufficient clerke..shall intitle in his bokes and enroll of recorde such other writinges.1582 T. Bentley et al. Monument of Matrones After the good example of the learned fathers of our time, to intitle, reduce, & applie those other godlie meditations & praiers.

II. From title n. = ‘right to possession’.

a. To furnish (a person) with a ‘title’ to an estate. Hence gen. to give (a person or thing) a rightful claim to a possession, privilege, designation, mode of treatment, etc. Const. to with n. or infinitive; also simply. Also absol. Now said almost exclusively of circumstances, qualities, or actions; formerly often of personal agents.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > entitle

entitle?1471

α.

?1471 W. Worcester in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 356 I..entitled no crettur to no place.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 538/1 By what meanes is he entyteled unto these landes.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. xlvii. 123 The Emperours could intitle the Pope to no power here, because none he had.

1652 T. Whitfield Doctr. Arminians 8 His dying for the elect is a sufficient ground to entitle him.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 257. ¶8 [God] will hereafter entitle many to the Reward of Actions, which they had never the Opportunity of performing.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 124 Such a Quantity, as might intitle that Water to the Name of The Golden-Lake.

1798 J. Ferriar Certain Var. Man 223 Every man thinks himself entitled to observe and to publish.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 138 The first tenant in tail who is born becomes entitled to any timber felled by the tenant for life.

1823 W. Henry Elements Exper. Chem. (ed. 9) I. ix. 610 The remaining salts of alumina have no properties sufficiently important to entitle them to a separate description.

1832 H. Martineau Demerara ii. 15 Better entitled than most of his brethren to complain of neglect.

1838 A. De Morgan Ess. Probabilities 188 If each had been entitled to his fraction of the sum which would have become due had he lived to the end of the year.

1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iii. Comm. 396 The obligation by which the co-creditors are entitled.

1897 Daily News 19 Jan. 5/4 A post that does not entitle to a seat in the Lords.

β. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 2 §4 It shalbe laufull to every man intitled to have the seid penaltie to distreyne for it.c1571 E. Campion Two Bks. Hist. Ireland (1963) ii. ii. 79 Entitled to thirty thousand markes yerely.1695 W. W. Novum Lumen Chirurgicum Extinctum p. iii With how much Justice it's intitled to such a Name.1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xix. 46 Who..thinks himself intitled to call me Bold-face.1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. ix. 133 A higher rank in the temple of fame, than either his talents or performances intitle him to hold.

b. spec. To furnish with a title n. to orders.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > ordination > ordain [verb (transitive)] > furnish with title to

entitle1720

intitule1720

1720 W. Kennett Monitions to Clergy of Peterborough i. 16 I must expect and insist upon it, that you Intitle no Curate, without, etc.

†c. To invest with an office, etc. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > admit to office formally or ceremonially

stallc1384

invest1489

induct1548

install1548

inaugur1549

endue1565

investure1566

intitule1576

entitle1587

inaugurate1606

inaugurize1611

complete1650

1587 D. Fenner Def. Godlie Ministers sig. Fiii^v Seeing you must..intitle the Magistrate with the Pastors office.

1662 T. Fuller Worthies (1840) Bring the last who was entitled..with that dignity.

†d. To qualify, render apt. Const. to. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > tend or incline [verb (transitive)] > render something apt or conducive to

entitle1628

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xix. sig. L6^v There is a noblenesse in the mind of man, which of it selfe, intitles it, to the hatred of what is ill.

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 402 The Temple..visibly intitled it self to fortification.

†e. To assign the possession of (something) to; to settle (an estate) on a person. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > settle (property) [verb (transitive)] > settle property on

to make a statec1400

sure1418

establishc1460

infeft1462

vest1464

invest1534

estate1600

entitle1608

secure1615

1608 S. Hieron 2nd Pt. Def. Ministers Reasons 25 The attribute ‘your Prince’, giuen to Michael, entitleth the name Michael to Christ only.

1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick 145 He intitled his Inheritance on his Sister.

†f. Phrase, to entitle and engage.

ΚΠ

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 13 To intitle and ingage a glorious Name to a grosse corruption.

1649 in E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 149 To intitle and engage the Queen to espouse as her owne quarrell whatever reflects upon Lord Jermyn.

†5.

a. To regard or treat (a person) as having a title to something. Hence, to represent (a person or thing) as the agent, cause, or subject of a particular action, effect, condition, or quality. Const. in, to, with n., rarely with infinitive. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > represent something as a cause or agent

entitle1612

intitule1663

α.

1647 J. Mayne Serm. against False Prophets 2 Never plot was hatcht to disturb the Commonwealth, but the writings of some Sybill or other were entitled to that plot.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iii. §7 Supposing Gods giving man this freedom of will, doth not entitle him to be the author of evill.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Let. to Friend (1690) 4 I was not so curious to entitle the Stars unto any concern of his Death.

1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. i. xi. §154 How ready Zeal for Interest and Party is to entitle Christianity to their Designs.

β. 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 206 Wherein a man is..most defective..that wil the flatterer entitle him to perforce.1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. 100 Nor intitle God in our impotent..fansyes.1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 359 An event to which I incline to intitle the especial agency of the Devil.

†b. reflexive. To lay claim to. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (reflexive)] > claim

entitle1655

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. i. i. §4 Churches are generally ambitious to entitle themselves to Apostles, for their Founders.

1672 W. Lloyd Serm. Funeral Bp. of Chester 35 To entitle themselves to dying men, even those, whose whole life was a Testimony against them.

a1718 W. Penn Life in Wks. (1726) I. 155 Such as intitle themselves to Christianity, whilst Strangers to the Terrors of the Lord for Sin.

†c. To impute (something) to. Obsolete. Cf. 1c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > assign to a cause [verb (transitive)]

titleOE

aretc1340

witena1375

witnea1375

reta1382

depute1382

wite1382

seta1387

layc1425

expoundc1430

imputec1480

attribue1481

assign1489

reckon1526

attribute1530

count1535

allot?1556

draw1578

object1613

prefer1628

entitle1629

implya1641

to score (something) on1645

intitule1651

put1722

to put down1723

charge1737

own1740

place1802

to set down1822

affiliate1823

1629 W. Prynne Church of Englands Old Antithesis 131 What testimonies these Arminian Errors can rake vp together, to intitle themselues vnto our Church.

1647 H. More Philos. Poems Pref. sig. B2 If we can but once entitle our opinions..to Religion.

1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 37 in Scepsis Scientifica Intitling the Opinion of Intentional Species to Aristotle.

Derivatives

enˈtitling n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > [noun] > assignment of anything to its origin

assignation1603

ascriptiona1620

entitlinga1662

affiliation1855

a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Anglicus (1668) 127 The entitling of these Doctrines to the name of Arminius.

enˈtitler n. one who entitles, or gives a title or name to.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > [noun] > one who or that which gives a name

christenerOE

impositor1493

denominator1577

imposer1597

name-giver1610

nomenclator1616

namer1627

entitler1653

name-caller1953

1653 G. Ashwell Fides Apostolica 225 And this may be therefore judged the..most likely to be intended by the first entitlers.

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单词	entitle
释义	entitlev. /ɛnˈtʌɪt(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English–1600s entytle, ( entytel, entitele), Middle English– entitle. Also Middle English–1600s intytle, ( intitele), Middle English–1800s intitle. See also intitule v. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman entitler, Old French entiteler, entituler, modern French intituler, corresponding to Provençal entitolar , intitular , Italian intitolare , late Latin intitulāre , < in in + titulus title n. I. From title n. = ‘superscription, designation’. 1. a. transitive. To furnish (a literary work, a chapter, etc.) with a heading or superscription; in early use gen. (cf. title n.). Subsequently only in narrower sense: To give to (a book, etc.) a designation by which it is to be cited, or which indicates the nature of its contents. Chiefly with object complement; also const. †by, †with. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [verb (transitive)] > title or heading entitlec1381 titlea1387 intitule1490 intitulate1575 overwrite1605 rubricate1793 subtitle1830 epigraph1860 α. c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 30 This booke..Entitled was right thus..Tullius of the dreame of Scipion. 1388 J. Wyclif Jerome's Prol. Rom. The epistil..that to Ebrues ys writen..is not entitlid with his [Paul's] name. 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton A ij b This book..ought to be entytled the reule and gouernement of the body and of the sowle. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions Ep. Ded. sig. iij I haue entitled the booke Positions. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. E1^v To dedicate them [sc. books]..to priuate and equall friendes, or to intitle the Bookes with their Names. View more context for this quotation 1792 European Mag. & London Rev. Nov. 363 This section Mr. S. entitles, ‘Of the Use and Abuse of general Principles in Politics’. 1888 H. Morley Eng. Writers III. 179 A book entitled ‘De Nugis Curialium’. β. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 25 In his Policraticon, whom he intitlede de Nugis Curialium.a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. B.iiij^v I will intitle this boke the Golden boke.1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 1 Bookes..intiteled..the psalter, primers, praiers, statutes and lawes of this realme.1738 T. Birch Life Milton in J. Milton Wks. I. 76 The Icon was at first intitled by the King Suspiria Regalia.1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) Contents 7 Extracts from a Book intitled the Storm. †b. To inscribe, dedicate (a book) to a person. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [verb (transitive)] > dedicate writing to directc1374 inscrive1382 entitlea1464 dedicate1542 ascribea1555 inscribea1650 a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 119 Doctour Gilis..entitiled it [sc. the bok Of Gouernauns of Princes] to Philip, dauphin of Frauns. 1607 S. Hieron Remedie for Securitie in Wks. (1620) I. Ded. sig. Pp iiij I haue thought good to commend some of my poore labours vnto you, by a more particular entitling them to your name. †c. To ascribe (a literary work) to an author. With mixed notion of 5c. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > originate or be a source of [verb (transitive)] > attribute to an author or source refera1398 reducec1454 father?1499 entitle1550 intitule1559 foist1598 attribute1599 mother1645 authoridate1652 accredit1864 1550 T. Cranmer Def. Sacrament f. 50^v In an other booke, entitled to sainct Augustine, is written thus, etc. 1575 W. Fulke Confut. Doctr. Purgatory (1577) 216 Ecclesiasticus and the booke of Wisdome, falsely intitled to Salomon. 1671 H. Stubbe Reply Def. Royal Soc. 17 My Adversaries will here allow no other Book to be Entitled unto the R.S. but what is licensed by their President. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Introd. 14 Dionysius made a Tragedy called Parthenopæus, and intitled it to Sophocles. 1724 J. Swift Let. 28 Apr. The other [tract] is entitled to a Weaver..but thought to be the work of a better hand. †d. ? To prefix the name of (an alleged author) to. Obsolete. (Perhaps belongs to 5.) ΚΠ a1745 J. Swift (T.) We have been entitled, and have had our names prefixed at length to whole volumes of mean productions. 2. To bestow on (a person) a certain title or designation expressing his rank, office, or character; to speak of (a person) by a certain title. Formerly also, to give a certain designation to (a thing). Const. as in 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > entitle nameOE entitle1447 titlea1530 intitule1569 intitulate1575 betitle1654 annominate1768 α. 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) Introd. 3 Galfryd of Ynglond in his newe werk Entytlyd thus as I can aspye Galfridus Anglicus. 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. B4 It were enough to entitle those Browne sectaries of the Blacke Prince, with the name of traytors. 1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 21 The kings and Queenes of England entitling themselues kings and Queenes of Fraunce. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 171 Next favourable thou, Who highly thus to entitle me voutsaf'st. View more context for this quotation 1683 J. Ray Corr. (1848) 135 He entitles it Conyza acris annua alba. 1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 147 Please entitle S. only Bart. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets Joel 139 Here entitled by the incommunicable Name of God. β. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. ii. 33 That which in meane men we intitle Patience, Is pale cold Cowardice. View more context for this quotation1605 W. Camden Remaines ii. 35 Mawd..who intitled her selfe Empresse.a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. vi. 62 And now by Law, as well as reuerent age, I may intitle thee my louing Father. View more context for this quotation1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. ii. 232 They intitled him Sultan. †3. To write down under proper titles or headings. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > list > [verb (transitive)] telleOE reckonc1175 titlea1325 reckonc1400 entitlec1430 recitea1475 recount1481 perusea1535 capitulate1566 recense1583 catalogue1598 item1601 renumerate1605 list1614 enumeratea1649 recenseate1657 cataloguize1820 to run down ——1833 reel1835 to call off1846 itemize1864 enumer1936 α. c1430 J. Lydgate in Lay Folks Mass Bk. (1879) 394 Somme entytlenn hem in smale bookes of Report. 1463 Abbot of Langley in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 372 And more þinges..which I entytelyd in a scrowe. 1533 J. Frith Bk. answeringe Mores Let. sig. Aij^v He desyred me to entitle the somme of my wordes and write them for him. β. 1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 21 §9 One sufficient clerke..shall intitle in his bokes and enroll of recorde such other writinges.1582 T. Bentley et al. Monument of Matrones After the good example of the learned fathers of our time, to intitle, reduce, & applie those other godlie meditations & praiers. II. From title n. = ‘right to possession’. 4. a. To furnish (a person) with a ‘title’ to an estate. Hence gen. to give (a person or thing) a rightful claim to a possession, privilege, designation, mode of treatment, etc. Const. to with n. or infinitive; also simply. Also absol. Now said almost exclusively of circumstances, qualities, or actions; formerly often of personal agents. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > entitle entitle?1471 α. ?1471 W. Worcester in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 356 I..entitled no crettur to no place. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 538/1 By what meanes is he entyteled unto these landes. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. xlvii. 123 The Emperours could intitle the Pope to no power here, because none he had. 1652 T. Whitfield Doctr. Arminians 8 His dying for the elect is a sufficient ground to entitle him. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 257. ¶8 [God] will hereafter entitle many to the Reward of Actions, which they had never the Opportunity of performing. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 124 Such a Quantity, as might intitle that Water to the Name of The Golden-Lake. 1798 J. Ferriar Certain Var. Man 223 Every man thinks himself entitled to observe and to publish. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 138 The first tenant in tail who is born becomes entitled to any timber felled by the tenant for life. 1823 W. Henry Elements Exper. Chem. (ed. 9) I. ix. 610 The remaining salts of alumina have no properties sufficiently important to entitle them to a separate description. 1832 H. Martineau Demerara ii. 15 Better entitled than most of his brethren to complain of neglect. 1838 A. De Morgan Ess. Probabilities 188 If each had been entitled to his fraction of the sum which would have become due had he lived to the end of the year. 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iii. Comm. 396 The obligation by which the co-creditors are entitled. 1897 Daily News 19 Jan. 5/4 A post that does not entitle to a seat in the Lords. β. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 2 §4 It shalbe laufull to every man intitled to have the seid penaltie to distreyne for it.c1571 E. Campion Two Bks. Hist. Ireland (1963) ii. ii. 79 Entitled to thirty thousand markes yerely.1695 W. W. Novum Lumen Chirurgicum Extinctum p. iii With how much Justice it's intitled to such a Name.1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xix. 46 Who..thinks himself intitled to call me Bold-face.1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. ix. 133 A higher rank in the temple of fame, than either his talents or performances intitle him to hold. b. spec. To furnish with a title n. to orders. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > ordination > ordain [verb (transitive)] > furnish with title to entitle1720 intitule1720 1720 W. Kennett Monitions to Clergy of Peterborough i. 16 I must expect and insist upon it, that you Intitle no Curate, without, etc. †c. To invest with an office, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > admit to office formally or ceremonially stallc1384 invest1489 induct1548 install1548 inaugur1549 endue1565 investure1566 intitule1576 entitle1587 inaugurate1606 inaugurize1611 complete1650 1587 D. Fenner Def. Godlie Ministers sig. Fiii^v Seeing you must..intitle the Magistrate with the Pastors office. 1662 T. Fuller Worthies (1840) Bring the last who was entitled..with that dignity. †d. To qualify, render apt. Const. to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > tend or incline [verb (transitive)] > render something apt or conducive to entitle1628 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xix. sig. L6^v There is a noblenesse in the mind of man, which of it selfe, intitles it, to the hatred of what is ill. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 402 The Temple..visibly intitled it self to fortification. †e. To assign the possession of (something) to; to settle (an estate) on a person. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > settle (property) [verb (transitive)] > settle property on to make a statec1400 sure1418 establishc1460 infeft1462 vest1464 invest1534 estate1600 entitle1608 secure1615 1608 S. Hieron 2nd Pt. Def. Ministers Reasons 25 The attribute ‘your Prince’, giuen to Michael, entitleth the name Michael to Christ only. 1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick 145 He intitled his Inheritance on his Sister. †f. Phrase, to entitle and engage. ΚΠ 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 13 To intitle and ingage a glorious Name to a grosse corruption. 1649 in E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 149 To intitle and engage the Queen to espouse as her owne quarrell whatever reflects upon Lord Jermyn. †5. a. To regard or treat (a person) as having a title to something. Hence, to represent (a person or thing) as the agent, cause, or subject of a particular action, effect, condition, or quality. Const. in, to, with n., rarely with infinitive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > represent something as a cause or agent entitle1612 intitule1663 α. 1647 J. Mayne Serm. against False Prophets 2 Never plot was hatcht to disturb the Commonwealth, but the writings of some Sybill or other were entitled to that plot. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iii. §7 Supposing Gods giving man this freedom of will, doth not entitle him to be the author of evill. a1682 Sir T. Browne Let. to Friend (1690) 4 I was not so curious to entitle the Stars unto any concern of his Death. 1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. i. xi. §154 How ready Zeal for Interest and Party is to entitle Christianity to their Designs. β. 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 206 Wherein a man is..most defective..that wil the flatterer entitle him to perforce.1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. 100 Nor intitle God in our impotent..fansyes.1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 359 An event to which I incline to intitle the especial agency of the Devil. †b. reflexive. To lay claim to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (reflexive)] > claim entitle1655 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. i. i. §4 Churches are generally ambitious to entitle themselves to Apostles, for their Founders. 1672 W. Lloyd Serm. Funeral Bp. of Chester 35 To entitle themselves to dying men, even those, whose whole life was a Testimony against them. a1718 W. Penn Life in Wks. (1726) I. 155 Such as intitle themselves to Christianity, whilst Strangers to the Terrors of the Lord for Sin. †c. To impute (something) to. Obsolete. Cf. 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > assign to a cause [verb (transitive)] titleOE aretc1340 witena1375 witnea1375 reta1382 depute1382 wite1382 seta1387 layc1425 expoundc1430 imputec1480 attribue1481 assign1489 reckon1526 attribute1530 count1535 allot?1556 draw1578 object1613 prefer1628 entitle1629 implya1641 to score (something) on1645 intitule1651 put1722 to put down1723 charge1737 own1740 place1802 to set down1822 affiliate1823 1629 W. Prynne Church of Englands Old Antithesis 131 What testimonies these Arminian Errors can rake vp together, to intitle themselues vnto our Church. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems Pref. sig. B2 If we can but once entitle our opinions..to Religion. 1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 37 in Scepsis Scientifica Intitling the Opinion of Intentional Species to Aristotle. Derivatives enˈtitling n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > [noun] > assignment of anything to its origin assignation1603 ascriptiona1620 entitlinga1662 affiliation1855 a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Anglicus (1668) 127 The entitling of these Doctrines to the name of Arminius. enˈtitler n. one who entitles, or gives a title or name to. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [noun] > one who or that which gives a name christenerOE impositor1493 denominator1577 imposer1597 name-giver1610 nomenclator1616 namer1627 entitler1653 name-caller1953 1653 G. Ashwell Fides Apostolica 225 And this may be therefore judged the..most likely to be intended by the first entitlers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.c1381
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