designate

Borrowed from Latin designatus, past participle of designare. Doublet of design.

• (adjective) (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛzɪɡ.nət/ or IPA^(key): /ˈdɛzɪɡ.neɪt/
• (verb) (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛzɪɡ.neɪt/

designate (not comparable)

1. Designated; appointed; chosen.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir G. Buck to this entry?)

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 indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description

   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, chapter 1, in Baseball Joe on the School Nine, Stratemeyer Syndicate:

     "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.

• (mark out and make known): denote, describe, indicate, note
• (call by a distinctive title): denominate, entitle, name, style; see also Thesaurus:denominate
• (set apart for a purpose or duty): allocate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart

• designated driver
• designated hitter

• codesignative
• designation
• designative
• designatum

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

designate

1. past participle of designar

designate

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

designate

1. feminine plural of designato

• disegnate
• sdegniate

dēsīgnāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēsīgnō

• 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