intitule
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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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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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
The first book deserving the appellation that was printed in New England was "intituled" "The Power of Sympathy, or the Triumph of Nature—A Novel founded on truth and dedicated to the Young Ladies of America."
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Alice Morse Earle
Manye other 77 kyndes ben there of amplifiynge, which who so wyl se more at large, may read that right excellent boke of the famouse doctor Erasmus, whych he intituled the preacher.
From A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes by Herbert William Hildebrandt
Enough that they who made the ring intituled the scene a 'mill,' while we who must be thumped inside it tried to rejoice in their pleasantry, till it turned upon the stomach.
From Lorna Doone; a Romance of Exmoor by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
A book I have since met with gives the same account of this curious operation; it is intituled, Relatione del nuovo incendio fatto da Mongibello 1669.
From Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcanos by William Hamilton
Among other fruits of his meditation and pains, he drew up a model of and frame of preaching, which he intituled, The method of preaching.
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
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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