entitle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: entitle	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
entitle v give the right to; "The Freedom of Information Act entitles you to request your FBI file" give a title to Synonym(s): entitle, title give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility Synonym(s): ennoble, gentle, entitle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Entitle \Enti"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entitled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Entitling}.] [OF. entituler, F. intituler, LL. intitulare, fr. L. in + titulus title. See {Title}, and cf. {Intitule}.] 1. To give a title to; to affix to as a name or appellation; hence, also, to dignify by an honorary designation; to denominate; to call; as, to entitle* a book [bd]Commentaries;[b8] to entitle a man [bd]Honorable.[b8] That which . . . we entitle patience. --Shak. 2. To give a claim to; to qualify for, with a direct object of the person, and a remote object of the thing; to furnish with grounds for seeking or claiming with success; as, an officer's talents entitle him to command. 3. To attribute; to ascribe. [Obs.] The ancient proverb . . . entitles this work . . . peculiarly to God himself. --Milton. Syn: To name; designate; style; characterize; empower; qualify; enable; fit.