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Nominate
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- 1 Named, called; nominated, appointed etc. not-comparable, obsolete
- 2 Mentioned by name, noted. not-comparable, obsolete
- 3 Nominated to an office. not-comparable, obsolete
"an executor nominate / a nominate executor"
- 4 Having a special name or mentioning a particular name. not-comparable, obsolete
- 5 nominotypical not-comparable
"the nominate subspecies"
- 1 A nominee. obsolete
- 1 To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.
- 2 propose as a candidate for some honor wordnet
- 3 To specify in advance which pocket a ball will be potted in; to call; to name.
- 4 create and charge with a task or function wordnet
- 5 To designate a peer (or oneself) as corresponding to a (potentially positive or negative) description.
"In the unlimited method, they are allowed to nominate as many or as few peers as they see fit for each question."
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- 6 charge with a function; charge to be wordnet
- 7 To entitle, confer a name upon. obsolete
"1658: the City of Norwich … was enlarged, builded and nominated by the Saxons. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 12)"
- 8 put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position wordnet
Etymology
PIE word *h₁nómn̥ The adjective is first attested in 1450, in Middle English, the verb in 1545; partly from Middle English nominat(e) (“named, designated”), from Latin nōminātus, perfect passive participle of nōminō (“to name”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from nōmen (“a name”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
PIE word *h₁nómn̥ The adjective is first attested in 1450, in Middle English, the verb in 1545; partly from Middle English nominat(e) (“named, designated”), from Latin nōminātus, perfect passive participle of nōminō (“to name”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from nōmen (“a name”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
PIE word *h₁nómn̥ The adjective is first attested in 1450, in Middle English, the verb in 1545; partly from Middle English nominat(e) (“named, designated”), from Latin nōminātus, perfect passive participle of nōminō (“to name”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from nōmen (“a name”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
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