designate
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Latin designatus, past participle of designare
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designate (not comparable)
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to designate (third-person singular simple present designates, present participle designating, simple past and past participle designated)
- 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.
- To call by a distinctive title; to name.
- 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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To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
To call by a distinctive title; to name
To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
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- designate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- designate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] Italian
[edit] Verb
designate
- second person plural present tense and imperative of designare
- Feminine plural of designato
[edit] Adjective
designate
- Feminine plural of designato
