v. [f. BE- 6 + TITLE.] trans. To give a name or title to; to entitle. Hence Betitled ppl. a., furnished with a title.
1654. Cromwell, Lett. & Sp. (Carl., 1871), IV. 28. But for men, on this principle, to betitle themselves, that they are the only men [etc.].
1832. Carlyle, Misc., III. 82. A milder second picture was painted over the canvas of the first, and betitled, Glorious Revolution. Ibid. (1858), Fredk. Gt. (1865), II. VI. iii. 163. A mere betitled, betasselled military gentleman.
