distitle

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ title.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈtaɪtəl/

Verb

distitle (third-person singular simple present distitles, present participle distitling, simple past and past participle distitled)

1. (transitive) To deprive of a title or right.

   Antonym: entitle

   • 1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC:

     the next way to distitle my selfe of honor

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “distitle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)