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

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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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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

Hazlitt, in his delightful essay intituled "Persons One would Wish to have Seen," gives a masterly report of the sayings and doings at one of these parties.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 by Various

After Leofriks death, his sonne Algar was made earle, and intituled in all his lands and Henr.

From Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (8 of 8) The Eight Booke of the Historie of England by Raphael Holinshed

After which he published a pamphlet full of lies, intituled, Vox vera, but as true as Lucian's Historia.

From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by John Howie

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

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

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

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