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   entitle

   /ɪnˈtʌɪtl/

   verb

   • 1. give (someone) a legal right or a just claim to receive or do something: "employees are normally entitled to redundancy pay" Similar qualifymake eligibleauthorizesanctionallowpermitgrantgrant/give the rightgive permissionenableempoweraccreditenfranchisecapacitate
   • 2. give (something) a particular title: "a satire entitled ‘The Rise of the Meritocracy’"
   • ▪ give (someone) a specified title expressing their rank, office, or character: archaic "they entitled him Sultan" Similar titlenamecallgive the title oflabeltermdesignatedubbaptizechristenrare:denominate

   Word Origin late Middle English (formerly also as intitle): via Old French from late Latin intitulare, from in- ‘in’ + Latin titulus ‘title’.

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