▪ I. titule, n.
rare variant of title n.
▪ II. titule, v.
(ˈtɪtjuːl)
[f. L. titul-āre to title: cf. intitule.]
Occasional variant of title v., esp. in pa. pple. or ppl. adj. ˈtituled.
In quot. 1569 app. To set down in writing: cf. title v. 1.
| 1569 Abp. Parker Let. to Sir W. Cecil 3 June (Lansd. MS. 11, lf. 128), Onys at the request of my L. of leycestre,..I tituled to hym my phantasie, from the w{supc}{suph} I do not moche disagre at this tyme. 1588 Parke tr. Mendoza's Hist. China 277 He asked..what those letters did signifie that were tituled ouer his head. 1591 Nashe Prognost. Wks. (Grosart) II. 155 Diuers selfe conceited fooles..tituling themselues by the names of Martinistes. 1635 Heywood Hierarch. vii. 463 This is tituled by the name of Principate. 1655 Fuller Ch. Hist. ii. ii. §107 A great Council (for so it is tituled) was held at Becanceld by Withred, King of Kent. 1894 Daily News 16 June 6/1 The foreign favouritism which was tituled one of the most real and serious grievances of those times. |