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Another word for designate

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designate

v.

To specify
indicate, set apart, point out, mark out, name, characterize, entitle, term, denote, signify, set aside, allocate, earmark, appoint, assign, prefer, favor; see also choose 1, name 1.
To appoint
select, nominate, name, charge; see assign 1, delegate 1.

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Another word for designate

verb

To make known or identify, as by signs:
denote, indicate, mark, point out, show, specify. See show
To set aside or apart for a specified purpose:
allocate, appropriate, assign, earmark. See collect, money
To give a name or title to:
baptize, call, christen, denominate, dub, entitle, name, style, term, title. See specific, words
To describe with a word or term:
call, characterize, label, name, style, tag, term. See specific, words
To select for an office or position:
appoint, make, name, nominate, tap¹. See choice

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After the word Asia had acquired its larger sense, it was still specially used by the Greeks to designate the country around Ephesus.
We designate the book 4 Ezra.
And the name Scoloti, by which careful modern writers designate the Royal Scyths, is the true designation of the subject race.
It is impossible to designate as a concordat the concessions which were wrested by violence from Pius VII.
In the early Roman empire the word was used to designate the companions of the emperor (comites principis) and so became a title of honour.

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