entitle, entitule

t. [O. Fr. entituler; Fr. intituler; Sp. & Port. in titular, from Low Lat. inti tulo, from Lat. in, and titulus a title.] 1. To give a name or title to; to designate by a name or title; to denominate; to call; to name. "That which in mean men we entitle patience." Shakesp .: Richard II ., i. 2. 2. To style, to dignify by a title or honorary appellation; to give a discriminative title to. "This and the following ballad were first published anonymously in a small book, entitled, The Chase, and William and Helen."-Scott: The Chase. (Note.) *3. To prefix as a title; to inscribe on the title. "We have been entitled, and have had our names prefixed at length to whole volumes of mean productions." Swift. *4. To attribute; to ascribe. "The ancient proverb entitles this work peculiarly to God himself."- Milton . 5. To give a right, title, or claim to anything; to furnish or present with grounds for claiming to receive anything. "The hardships which entitle us to the privileges." Atterbury: Sermons, vol. iii., ser. 2. *6. To claim as a title; to appropriate. "How ready zeal for party is to entitle Christianity to their designs, and to charge atheism on those who will not submit."-Locke. *7. To grant anything as claimed by a title. "This is to entitle God's care how and to what we please." -Locke. For the difference between to entitle , and to name , see NAME. en-ti-tled (tled as teld), en-tit-uled, pa. par. & a. [ENTITLE.] A. As pa . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : 1. Named, denominated, styled. 2. Having a claim or title to anything. ěn'-ti-tỹ, 8. [Low Lat. entitas, from ens being, pr. par. of e e to be; Fr.ent ité; Sp.entidad; Port. entidade; Ital. ent ità.] 1. The quality or condition of being; existence; e ence. 2. Something which really exists; a real being. 3. A particular species of being. en-to-blast, s. [Gr. entos =within, and blastos =a sprout, shoot, or sucker.] Biol.: The nucleolus of a cell. ( Aga iz .) en-to-çin-ër-e-a, s. [Gr. entos =within, and Lat. cinereus ashy.] Anat .: Gray substance surrounding the cavities of the brain and spinal cord. [EcTOCINEREA.]