Definition of entitle Entitle

/ɛntajˈtʌl/ - [entaytul] - en•ti•tle

We found 14 definitions of entitle from 6 different sources.

What does entitle mean?

Verb entitles, entitling, entitled
entitle - give a title to
		title
		name, call mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!"
		proclaim state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"
entitle - give the right to; "The Freedom of Information Act entitles you to request your FBI file"
		authorise, authorize, empower grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
entitle - give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
		ennoble, gentle
		kick upstairs, elevate, promote, upgrade, advance, raise change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent
		baronetise, baronetize confer baronetcy upon; "He was baronetized for his loyalty to the country"
		lord make a lord of someone
		knight, dub raise (someone) to knighthood; "The Beatles were knighted"

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entitle (v. t.)
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 "Commentaries;" to entitle a man "Honorable."
entitle (v. t.)
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.
entitle (v. t.)
To attribute; to ascribe.

entitle
To bestow the right to do (to own, to demand, or to receive) something, to someone.

entitle
en-tī′tl, v.t. to give a title to: to style: to give a claim to. [O. Fr. entiteler—Low L. intitulāre—in, in, titulus, title.]

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