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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."

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  1. 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."
  2. 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.
  3. v. t. To attribute; to ascribe.
  4. v. give the right to
  5. v. give a title to
  6. v. give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
  7. v:100 v. give the right to v. give a title to