Entitle Definition

ĕn-tītl
entitled, entitles, entitling
verb
entitled, entitles, entitling
To give a title or name to.
Webster's New World
To honor or dignify by a title.
Webster's New World
To give a right or legal title to; qualify (a person) to something.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Entitle

  • Middle English entitlen from Old French entiteler from Medieval Latin intitulāre Latin in- provide with en–1 Latin titulus title

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Anglo-Norman entitler, from Old French entiteler, (French intituler), from Late Latin intitulare.

    From Wiktionary

Entitle Sentence Examples

  • Its purity of style and the fact that it was long a standard work entitle it to a mention here.

  • His brilliant researches in the theory of numbers entitle him to rank as the founder of the modern theory.

  • This, however, does not entitle us to assume the origin of Monocotyledons from Dicotyledons, although there is manifestly a temptation to connect helobic forms of the former with ranal ones of the latter.

  • The long neck and limbs, coupled with peculiarities in the structure of the skull, entitle the gerenuk, which is a large species, to represent a genus.

  • Devoting himself next to optics, he produced memoirs which entitle him to a high place among the early, searchers after a true dynamical theory of light.

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Words Starting With

EENENT

Words Ending With

ELETLE

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Words Starting With E and Ending With E

Starts With E & Ends With EStarts With EN & Ends With EStarts With E & Ends With LE

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With E7 Letter Words Ending With E