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单词 entitle
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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’.
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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.
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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. E1v 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.iiijv 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.
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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.
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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. 50v 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.)
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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.
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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.
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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. Aijv 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.
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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.
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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.
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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. Fiiiv 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.
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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. L6v 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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