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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Designate \Des"ig*nate\, adjective [L. designatus, p. p. of designare. See {Design}, verb (used with an object)] Designated; appointed; chosen. [R.] --Sir G. Buck.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Designate \Des"ig*nate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Designated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Designating}.]
1. 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.
2. To call by a distinctive title; to name.
3. To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; as, to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.
Syn: To name; denominate; style; entitle; characterize; describe.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
designate
adjective: appointed but not yet installed in office [syn: {designate(ip)}]
verb
1: assign a name or title to [syn: {denominate}]
2: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) [syn: {delegate}, {depute}, {assign}]
3: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" [syn: {destine}, {fate}, {doom}]
4: design or destine; "She was intended to become the director" [syn: {intend}, {destine}, {specify}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "designate": advert to, allocate, allot, allude to, appoint, apportion, appropriate, assign, baptize, be taken as, call, choose, christen, define, delegate, delineate, denominate, denote, depute, determine, dictate, dub, earmark, elect, emblematize, entitle, figure, finger, fix, identify, indicate, label, make, mark, mean, mention, mete out, name, name for office, nickname, nominate, opt, ordain, ordinate, particularize, pick, pick out, pin down, pinpoint, point at, point out, point to, propose, put down, put up, refer to, represent, reserve, run, run for office, select, set, set forth, signify, single, specialize, specify, stand for, state, stigmatize, stipulate, style, submit, symbol, symbolize, tab, tag, tap, term, title, typify, write down
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