DESIGNATE

a. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Designated; appointed; chosen. [R.] Sir G. Buck.

2.
v.

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.

3.
v.

To call by a distinctive title; to name.

4.
v.

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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