betitle
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[edit]betitle (third-person singular simple present betitles, present participle betitling, simple past and past participle betitled)
- (archaic) To provided with a title; to entitle.
- 1654 Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches, with Elucidations, ed. Thomas Carlyle, 3 vol., 1845
- But for men, on this principle, to betitle themselves that they are the only men to rule kingdoms, govern nations, and give laws to people, and determine of property and liberty and everything else, upon such a pretension as this is: truly they had need to give clear manifestations of Gods presence with them before wise men will receive or submit to their conclusions!
- 1913, I. A. R. Wylie, The Little Partner:
- He struck a match. It flickered uncertainly, but it served to light up his haggard face and the solemn, betitled iron boxes lining the walls. He laughed.
- 1654 Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches, with Elucidations, ed. Thomas Carlyle, 3 vol., 1845
References
[edit]- “betitle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.