intitule

American  

[in-tit-yool] / ɪnˈtɪt jul /

verb (used with object)

British.

intituled, intituling

1. to give a title to (a legislative act, etc.); entitle.

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intitule British  

/ ɪnˈtɪtjuːl /

verb

1. (tr) parliamentary procedure (in Britain) to entitle (an Act)

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Other Word Forms

• intitulation
  noun

Etymology

Origin of intitule

1375–1425; < Late Latin intitulāre, derivative of titulus title ( see in- ²); replacing late Middle English entitulen < Middle French entituler < Late Latin, as above; cf. entitle

Example Sentences

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intitule intituled intituling

Howbeit there be many who would rather intitule it 'Metamorphosis', that is to say, a transfiguration or transformation, by reason of the argument and matter within.

From The Golden Asse by William Adlington

I have read in a work, intituled Acta Latomorum, that in the month of October, 1809, a grand national lodge of Spanish freemasons was founded even in the buildings of the Inquisition of Madrid.

From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Juan Antonio Llorente

Of the last kind, this age has seen a most audacious example, in the book intituled "A Tale of a Tub."

From A Poetical Review of the Literary and Moral Character of the late Samuel Johnson (1786) by Robert E. Kelley

This was the passing of an Act of Parliament intituled an Act for settling the postage of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Herbert Joyce

Thomas Chune, Esquire, living at Alfriston in this County, set forth a small Manuall, intituled Collectiones Theologicarum Conclusionum.

From Highways and Byways in Sussex by Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs

But our author was frequently in the hands of those who could never have comprehended what they pretended to admire; this appears by a publication of the times, intituled, “Twelve Ingenious Characters, &c.”

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli

He handles nothing that is not rare, and defends his wardrobe, diet, and all customs, with intituling their beginnings from princes, great soldiers, and strange nations.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various