- entitle
- c.1381, "to give a title to a chapter, book, etc.," from Anglo-Fr. entitler, from O.Fr. entiteler, from L.L. intitulare, from in "in" + titulus "title" (see title). Meaning "to bestow (on a person) a rank or office" is c.1447. Sense of "to give (someone) 'title' to an estate or property," hence to give that person a claim to possession or privilege, is c.1468; this is now used mostly in ref. to circumstances and actions.