Designate

Blue lines on the map designate rivers.

The blue lines on the map designate rivers.

The World Health Organization will decide Thursday whether to designate the coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency.

Each football team needs to designate a captain.

Work and play are words used to designate the same thing under different conditions.

King designate

to designate the boundaries of a country

to designate the rioters who are to be arrested

"Yes, let 'Sister' Davis have a whack at it too," urged George Bland. Tom Davis, who was Joe Matson's particular chum, was designated "Sister" because, in an incautious moment, when first coming to Excelsior Hall, he had shown a picture of his very pretty sister, Mabel.