Denominate
[dɪ'nɒmɪneɪt] or [dɪ'nɑmɪnet]
Definition
(v. t.) To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle; to name; to designate.
(a.) Having a specific name or denomination; specified in the concrete as opposed to abstract; thus, 7 feet is a denominate quantity, while 7 is mere abstract quantity or number. See Compound number, under Compound.
Editor: Moore
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Name, designate, entitle, style, call, dub, christen, phrase.
Checker: Maisie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Name, call, designate, specify, denote, style, title
ANT:Misname, miscall, describe, delineate, suggest
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Definition
v.t. to give a name to: to call.—adj. Denom′inable.—n. Denominā′tion the act of naming: a name or title: a collection of individuals called by the same name: a sect.—adj. Denominā′tional belonging to a denomination or sect.—n. Denominā′tionalism a denominational or class spirit or policy: devotion to the interests of a sect.—adj. Denom′inative giving or having a title.—adv. Denom′inatively.—n. Denom′inator he who or that which gives a name: (arith.) the lower number in a vulgar fraction which names the parts into which the integer is divided.
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Examples
- He is apt to denominate, however, his whole gain, profit, and thus confounds rent with profit, at least in common language. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The whites could not toil without becoming degraded, and those who did were denominated poor white trash. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Prosperity is denominated ascent, and adversity descent. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- They were mostly drawn from that which, when such distinctions existed, was denominated the lower rank of society. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- And laids, indeed, they were; being a set of four, denominated in the catalogue La vie d'une femme. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I did try, but was presently swept off the stool and denominated a little bungler. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Here the object, which is denominated beautiful, pleases only by its tendency to produce a certain effect. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Perhaps no man ever existed whose life can, with more justice, be denominated useful. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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