NOMINATING
Verb
nominating
present participle of nominate
Source: Wiktionary
NOMINATE
Nom"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nominated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Nominating.] Etym: [L. nominatus, p. p. of nominare to nominate, fr.
nomen name. See Name.]
1. To mention by name; to name. [Obs.]
To nominate them all, it is impossible. Shak.
2. To call; to entitle; to denominate. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. To set down in express terms; to state. [Obs.]
Is it so noiminated in the bond Shak.
4. To name, or designate by name, for an office or place; to appoint;
esp., to name as a candidate for an election, choice, or appointment;
to propose by name, or offer the name of, as a candidate for an
office or place.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition