Definition of designate

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Designate (v. t.) To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.

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Mark :: Mark (v. t.) To be a mark upon; to designate; to indicate; -- used literally and figuratively; as, this monument marks the spot where Wolfe died; his courage and energy marked him for a leader..
Nicotinic :: Nicotinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, nicotine; nicotic; -- used specifically to designate an acid related to pyridine, obtained by the oxidation of nicotine, and called nicotinic acid..
Locustic :: Locustic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the locust; -- formerly used to designate a supposed acid..
Denominate :: Denominate (v. t.) To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle; to name; to designate.
Preindesignate :: Preindesignate (a.) Having no sign expressive of quantity; indefinite. See Predesignate.
Naphthoic :: Naphthoic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, naphthalene; -- used specifically to designate any one of a series of carboxyl derivatives, called naphthoic acids..
Escribed :: Escribed (a.) Drawn outside of; -- used to designate a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the other two sides produced..
Call :: Call (v. t.) To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; -- often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor of a church..
Porphyry :: Porphyry (n.) A term used somewhat loosely to designate a rock consisting of a fine-grained base (usually feldspathic) through which crystals, as of feldspar or quartz, are disseminated. There are red, purple, and green varieties, which are highly esteemed as marbles..
Somehow :: Somehow (adv.) In one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated; by some means; as, the thing must be done somehow; he lives somehow..
Pagoda :: Pagoda (n.) A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship..
Designate :: Designate (v. t.) To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.
Cosening :: Cosening (n.) Anything done deceitfully, and which could not be properly designated by any special name, whether belonging to contracts or not..
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..
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..
Connotate :: Connotate (v. t.) To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional; to include; to imply.
Cipher :: Cipher (v. t.) To designate by characters.
Time :: Time (n.) Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof..
Design :: Design (n.) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.
Plane :: Plane (a.) An ideal surface, conceived as coinciding with, or containing, some designated astronomical line, circle, or other curve; as, the plane of an orbit; the plane of the ecliptic, or of the equator..
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