entitle

To entitle is defined as to give someone legal rights, a legal claim or official permission.

(verb)

When you give someone an access pass to a restricted area, this is an example of a time when you entitle him to enter a restricted area.

See entitle in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb entitled, entitling

Origin: ME entitlen < OFr entituler < LL intitulare < L in, in + titulus, title

See entitle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles

To give a name or title to.
To furnish with a right or claim to something: The coupon entitles the bearer to a 25 percent savings. Every citizen is entitled to equal protection under the law.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English entitlen

Origin: , from Old French entiteler

Origin: , from Medieval Latin intitulāre

Origin: : Latin in-, provide with; see en-¹

Origin: + Latin titulus, title

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