Entitle /(?)/

En·ti·tle

Entitle

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Entitled; p. pr. & vb. n. Entitling

  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 “Commentaries;” to entitle a man “Honorable.”
    That which . . . we entitle patience.
  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.