entitle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb give the right to
    • The Freedom of Information Act entitles you to request your FBI file
  2. verb give a title to
    title.
  3. verb give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
    gentle; ennoble.

WordNet

En*ti"tle transitive verb
Etymology
OF. entituler, F. intituler, LL. intitulare, fr. L. in + titulus title. See Title, and cf. Intitule.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Entitled ; present participle & verbal noun Entitling
Definitions
  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. 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.

Webster 1913