2. Verb. (third-person singular of designate) ¹
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Definition of Designates
1. designate [v] - See also: designate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Designates
Literary usage of Designates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters to the Rev. Wm. E. Channing: Containing Remarks on His Sermon by Moses Stuart (1819)
"In other cases, where it designates a divine nature, it does this only because
it has come, by usage, to be a proper name, like the terms Christ, ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"... but the person retired for this cause may, for many purposes, be a very useful
officer. Section 1094 of the Revision designates specifically, ..."
3. History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the Mississippi: By by John Wesley Monette (1848)
"Colonel Elli- cott, as Commissioner of the United States, arrives at Natchez.—His
Military Escort left at Bayou Pierre.—Gayoso designates the 19th of March ..."
4. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"... noise designates not only that which has not been heard before, but that which
it is not desirable to hear ..."
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