designate

English

Etymology

Latin designatus, past participle of designare.

Pronunciation

Adjective

designate (not comparable)

  1. Designated; appointed; chosen.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir G. Buck to this entry?)

Verb

designate (third-person singular simple present designates, present participle designating, simple past and past participle designated)

  1. To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify
    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.
    • 1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1
      "Yes, let 'Sister' Davis have a whack at it too," urged George Bland. Tom Davis, who was Joe Matson's particular chum, was designated "Sister" because, in an incautious moment, when first coming to Excelsior Hall, he had shown a picture of his very pretty sister, Mabel.
  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.

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Translations

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Further reading

  • designate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • designate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Interlingua

Participle

designate

  1. past participle of designar

Italian

Verb

designate

  1. second-person plural present tense and imperative of designare
  2. feminine plural of designato

Adjective

designate

  1. Feminine plural of designato

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

dēsignāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēsignō

References

  • designate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • designate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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