Word of the Day - entitle

entitle

/ɪnˈtʌɪt(ə)l//ɛnˈtʌɪt(ə)l/
verb
[with object]
1 often be entitled to Give (someone) a legal right or a just claim to receive or do something.
with object and infinitive ‘the landlord is entitled to require references’
2 Give (something) a particular title.
2.1 archaic with object and complement Give (someone) a specified title expressing their rank, office, or character.

Origin
Late
Middle English (formerly also as intitle): via Old French from late
Latin intitulare, from in- ‘in’ + Latin titulus ‘title’.

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His average abilities were less important in the scheme of things. He "earned" his position because he was from the right sort of family. A member of the board recommended him. He steadily moved up in the
company, entitled by the system of privilege. We are not so far away from the feudal Middle Ages as we want to believe.