Designate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Designate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
designate adj appointed but not yet installed in office v assign a name or title to Synonym(s): designate, denominate give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) Synonym(s): delegate, designate, depute, assign indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents" Synonym(s): indicate, point, designate, show decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" Synonym(s): destine, fate, doom, designate design or destine; "She was intended to become the director" Synonym(s): intend, destine, designate, specify
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Designate \Des"ig*nate\, a. [L. designatus, p. p. of designare. See {Design}, v. t.] Designated; appointed; chosen. [R.] --Sir G. Buck.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Designate \Des"ignate\, v. t. [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; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station. Syn: To name; denominate; style; entitle; characterize; describe.