Part 3827

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is entire; the whole.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Entitative</h1> <Xpage=497>

<hw>En"ti*ta*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Entity</er>.]</ety> <def>Considered as pure entity; abstracted from all circumstances.</def> <i>Ellis</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>En"ti*ta*tive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Entitle</h1> <Xpage=497>

<hw>En*ti"tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Entitled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Entitling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>entituler</ets>, F. <ets>intituler</ets>, LL. <ets>intitulare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>in + titulus</ets> title. See <er>Title</er>, and cf. <er>Intitule</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To give a title to; to affix to as a name or appellation; hence, also, to dignify by an honorary designation; to denominate; to call; <as>as, to <ex>entitle</ex> a book "Commentaries;" to <ex>entitle</ex> a man "Honorable."</as></def>

<blockquote>That which . . . we <b>entitle</b> patience. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To give a claim to; to qualify for, with a direct object of the person, and a remote object of the thing; to furnish with grounds for seeking or claiming with success; <as>as, an officer's talents <ex>entitle</ex> him to command</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To attribute; to ascribe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The ancient proverb . . . <b>entitles</b> this work . . . peculiarly to God himself. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To name; designate; style; characterize; empower; qualify; enable; fit.</syn>

<h1>Entitule</h1> <Xpage=497>

<hw>En*tit"ule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Entitle</er>.]</ety> <def>To entitle.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Entity</h1> <Xpage=497>

<hw>En"ti*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Entities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[LL. <ets>entitas</ets>, fr. L. <ets>ens</ets>, <ets>entis</ets>, thing, prop. p. pr. of <ets>esse</ets> to be: cf. F. <ets>entit\'82</ets>. See <er>Essence</er>, <er>Is</er>.]</ety> <def>A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or in fact; being; essence; existence.</def>

<blockquote>Self-subsisting <b>entities</b>, such as our own personality. <i>Shairp.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Fortune is no real <b>entity</b>, . . . but a mere relative signification. <i>Bentley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ento-</h1> <Xpage=497>

<hw>En"to-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Gr. <?/ within, fr. <?/ in. See <er>In</er>.]</ety> <def>A combining form signifying <i>within</i>; <as>as, <ex>ento</ex>blast</as>.</def>

<h1>Entoblast</h1> <Xpage=497>

<hw>En"to*blast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ento-</ets> + <ets>-blast</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The inner germ layer; endoderm. See <er>Nucleolus</er>.</def>

<h1>Entobronchium</h1> <Xpage=497>

<hw>En`to*bron"chi*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Entobronchia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[See <ets>Ento-</ets>, and <ets>Bronchia</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds</plu>.</def>

<h1>Entocuneiform, Entocuniform</h1> <Xpage=497>

<hw><hw>En`to*cu*ne"i*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>En`to*cu"ni*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ento-</ets> + <ets>cuneiform</ets>, <ets>cuniform</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the bones of the tarsus. See <er>Cuneiform</er>.</def>