Definition of designate

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Designate (v. t.) To call by a distinctive title; to name.

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Phosgene :: Phosgene (a.) Producing, or produced by, the action of light; -- formerly used specifically to designate a gas now called carbonyl chloride. See Carbonyl..
Formation :: Formation (n.) Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations..
Ensign :: Ensign (v. t.) To designate as by an ensign.
Name :: Name (n.) To designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to nominate; to specify; to appoint; as, to name a day for the wedding..
Prenote :: Prenote (v. t.) To note or designate beforehand.
Trade :: Trade (v.) A company of men engaged in the same occupation; thus, booksellers and publishers speak of the customs of the trade, and are collectively designated as the trade..
Name :: Name (n.) To designate (a member) by name, as the Speaker does by way of reprimand..
Bell :: Bell (n.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated.
Designate :: Designate (v. t.) To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested..
Preindesignate :: Preindesignate (a.) Having no sign expressive of quantity; indefinite. See Predesignate.
Hail :: Hail (v. t.) To name; to designate; to call.
Presentation :: Presentation (n.) The particular position of the child during labor relatively to the passage though which it is to be brought forth; -- specifically designated by the part which first appears at the mouth of the uterus; as, a breech presentation..
Designatory :: Designatory (a.) Serving to designate; designative; indicating.
Plumbic :: Plumbic (a.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with plumbous compounds; as, plumbic oxide..
Blaze :: Blaze (v. t.) To designate by blazing; to mark out, as by blazed trees; as, to blaze a line or path..
Predesignate :: Predesignate (a.) A term used by Sir William Hamilton to define propositions having their quantity indicated by a verbal sign; as, all, none, etc.; -- contrasted with preindesignate, defining propositions of which the quantity is not so indicated..
Sacred :: Sacred (a.) Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable..
Designable :: Designable (a.) Capable of being designated or distinctly marked out; distinguishable.
Lector :: Lector (n.) A reader of lections; formerly, a person designated to read lessons to the illiterate..
Appoint :: Appoint (v. t.) To assign, designate, or set apart by authority..
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