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  • 1designate for appointment — index nominate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2designate for election — index nominate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3designate for office by vote — index elect (select by a vote) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4designate — designate, name, nominate, elect, appoint are comparable in the sense to declare a person one s choice for incumbency of an office, position, post, or benefice. Designate implies selection by the person or body having the power to choose an… …

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  • 5Designate — Des ig*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Designated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Designating}.] 1. 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… …

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  • 6Designate (Colombia) — Designate redirects here. For other uses, see designated and All pages beginning with designat . Under the Colombian Constitution of 1886 the Designate was a person a member of the Senate or member of the Cabinet selected to act as President when …

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  • 7designate — [dez′ig nāt΄; ] for adj. [, dez′ignit, dez′ignāt΄] adj. [ME < L designatus, pp. of designare: see DESIGN] named for an office, etc. but not yet in it [ambassador designate] vt. designated, designating 1. to point out; mark out; indicate;… …

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  • 8designate — [v1] name, entitle baptize, call, christen, cognominate, denominate, dub, label, nickname, nominate, style, term, title; concept 62 designate [v2] specify as selection allocate, allot, appoint, apportion, appropriate, assign, authorize, button… …

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  • 9designate — ▪ I. designate des‧ig‧nate 1 [ˈdezɪgneɪt] verb [transitive] JOBS to choose someone or something for a particular job or purpose: • Mr Timmer has been designated to succeed Mr van der Klugt. • The government designated the aircraft industry as a… …

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  • 10designate — designates, designating, designated (The verb is pronounced [[t]de̱zɪgneɪt[/t]]. The adjective is pronounced [[t]de̱zɪgnət[/t]].) 1) VERB When you designate someone or something, you formally give them a particular description or name. [V n as n] …

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