entitle
/ɪnˈtaɪtəl/ verb B2- To give a title to. · The deed entitled her to an undivided interest in the property.
- To dignify by an honorary designation.
- To give power or authority (to do something). · A passport entitles the bearer to travel to other countries.
- To give rightful ownership.
- To give a title to a book, film, play, etc. · His autobiography, entitled Life of a Driver, was a best-seller.
He/she/it entitles · Past entitled · Past participle entitled · -ing form entitling
Verb forms
- Base form
- entitle
- He/she/it
- entitles
- Past
- entitled
- Past participle
- entitled
- -ing form
- entitling
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Do you not know that labor is the source of every blessing, and that none but those who work are entitled to eat?”
“Even the trivial fact that in the year 1865 a picture by Greuze entitled ‘La Jeune Fille à l’Agneau’ fetched one million two hundred thousand francs—more than forty thousand pounds—at the Portalis sale may start a train of reflection in your mind.”
“TO THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE: On account of the bequest of the late Ezekiah Hopkins, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., there is now another vacancy open which entitles a member of the League to a salary of £ 4 a week for purely nominal services.
They were rather handsome; had been educated in one of the first private seminaries in town; had a fortune of twenty thousand pounds; were in the habit of spending more than they ought, and of associating with people of rank; and were, therefore, in every respect entitled to think well of themselves and meanly of others.
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