titularize

English

Alternative forms

• titularise

Etymology

titular +‎ -ize

Verb

titularize (third-person singular simple present titularizes, present participle titularizing, simple past and past participle titularized)

1. (transitive) to assign a title
   • 1869, Alfred Janson Bloor, The Architectural and Other Art Societies of Europe: Some Account of Their ...‎^[1]:

     "For instance, in the experiment last alluded to, the Princess Anne (who, though her name was afterwards employed to titularize the exceptional literary epoch of her reign, seems to have had really as little true taste for letters or for art — though […] "

   The manager titularized the most outstanding employees.

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