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DESIGNATING
Verb
designating
present participle of designate
Source: Wiktionary
DESIGNATE
Des"ig*nate, a. Etym: [L. designatus, p. p. of designare. See Design, v. t.]
Definition: Designated; appointed; chosen. [R.] Sir G. Buck.
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 country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested.
2. To call by a distinctive title; to name.
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.
Syn.
– To name; denominate; style; entitle; characterize; describe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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