intitule
intitule verb: to entitle; to give a title to.
Verb
intitule (third-person singular simple present intitules, present participle intituling, simple past and past participle intituled)
- To entitle; to give a title to.
- The second Person is made of a piece of Bread by the Papist, the Third Person is made of his own Frenzy, Malice, Ignorance and Folly, by the Roundhead. To all these the Spirit is intituled. One the Baker makes, the other the Cobbler; and betwixt these two, I think the First Person is sufficiently...1689, John Selden, Table Talk, London: E. Smith, Section 141 “Trinity,” p. 142
- […] in some Fables I find such singular proportion between the similitude and the thing signified; and such apt and clear coherence in the very Structure of them, and propriety of the Names wherewith the Persons or Actors in them are inscribed and intituled […]1691, Arthur Gorges (translator), The Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon (1609), London, Preface
Forms of intitule
| third-person singular present | intitules |
|---|---|
| present participle | intituling |
| past participle | intituled |
| past | intituled |
Origin of intitule
Compare French intituler. See entitle.
Questions about intitule
- What does intitule mean?
- Intitule means to entitle; to give a title to.
- What part of speech is intitule?
- Intitule is a verb.
- What is the past tense of intitule?
- The past tense of intitule is intituled.
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