Designate
['dezɪgneɪt] or ['dɛzɪɡnet]
Definition
(verb.) assign a name or title to.
(adj.) appointed but not yet installed in office .
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Definition
(v. t.) Designated; appointed; chosen.
(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.
(v. t.) To call by a distinctive title; to name.
(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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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Specify, particularize, distinguish, define, indicate, denote, show, point out, mark out.[2]. Denominate, name, entitle, style, call, dub, term, characterize, describe, christen.[3]. Appoint, assign, allot.
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Examples
- It has been used of recent years to designate the skilled horsemen who have charge of the cattle on the great ranges of the West. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I think, he said, that we may fairly designate him as the imitator of that which the others make. Plato. The Republic.
- This favoured tavern, sacred to the evening orgies of Mr. Lowten and his companions, was what ordinary people would designate a public-house. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Some of the early races learned to designate units from tens and tens from hundreds by working their fingers in various ways. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Alcohol was a term used until the 17th century to designate a very fine subtle powder, and then became the name of the subtle spirit arising from fermentation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- One copy to be given to an officer designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- General Wright's corps had been designated to make this assault, which I intended to order as soon as information reached me of Sheridan's success. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The method of construction used in the Hudson River tunnels has been designated the shield method. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Smith was sent to Clarksville at the time designated and found the place evacuated. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- By daylight on the morning of the 8th, the troops to be engaged at Molino were all at the places designated. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- St. Clare took the book and glanced at the place, and began reading one of the passages which Tom had designated by the heavy marks around it. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Another column marched on the direct road and went into camp at the point designated for the two columns to meet. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At the hour designated the troops and gunboats started. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I heard some French fops, yonder, designating her as 'le type du voluptueux;' if soI can only say, 'le voluptueux' is little to my liking. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Taken absolutely, instead of comparatively, immaturity designates a positive force or ability,--the pouter to grow. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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