单词 | designate |
释义 | designateadj.ΚΠ ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 175 (MED) The diuersitie of myndes schalle be designate [L. designetur] in the mony folde diuersite of vesture and of apparelle. 2. Marked out for a particular position; appointed to office but not yet installed. Frequently postpositive, with preceding word specifying the office, as bishop designate, king designate, etc. Cf. elect adj. 3.Formerly spec. in the University of Cambridge, as bachelor designate, doctor designate, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > [adjective] > appointed by nomination > but not installed designed1581 designate1646 elect1726 designated1868 1646 G. Buck Hist. Life Richard III i. 3 Richard Plantagenet..King of England, designate by King Henry the Sixth..This Duke of Yorke, and King designate. 1846 Penny Cycl. Suppl. II. 512 He was made Consul Designate by Otho. 1877 World 7 11 The husband designate was present. 1888 Times 27 June 12/4 The Lord Bishop of Bedford Designate will preach. 1892 Ordinances of Cambr. Univ. 152 The names be arranged in order of seniority according to the seniority of the Doctors Designate as Masters of Law. 1924 B. Webb Diary 19 Jan. (1956) 1 The twenty ministers designate..went to Buckingham Palace to be sworn in. 1925 Cambr. Univ. Cal. 85 Bachelors in Arts, Law, Medicine, Surgery, and Music remain ‘Bachelors designate’ until the 31st of December. 1975 Times 28 June 4/5 The Prime Minister-designate..is trying to reconcile differences between [the two parties]. 2002 Tablet 3 Aug. 29/1 The Archbishop-designate of Canterbury lost no time after the announcement of his appointment in staking out his ground. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > nomination to office > fact of being nominated nominationa1513 designatehood1862 1862 Sat. Rev. 14 705/1 The period of Designatehood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). designatev. 1. a. transitive. Of a thing: to serve to point out; to be an indication, sign, symbol, or mark of (something). Frequently with clause complement. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > designation > designate [verb (transitive)] > of things designate1596 1596 in A. Maxwell Hist. Old Dundee (1884) 120 For placing tuns in the water mouth as..signs to designate the dangers therein. 1602 T. Lodge tr. Josephus Wks. ii. iii. 33 He had onely two daies left..to liue... These were designated by the two baskets. 1798 Monthly Mag. Dec. 552/2 This circumcision was to designate a more intimate fraternity between the partakers [of the initiation]. 1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. II. 251 A black Triton..meant..by his crown of feathers, to designate the native Indians. c1829 W. S. Landor Wks. (1868) II. 93 Her lips [in a picture] were half-open; her hair flew loosely behind her, designating that she was in haste. 1870 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Gleanings 2nd Ser. 200 A man's dress designated his rank and calling. 1884 B. Bosanquet et al. tr. H. Lotze Metaphysic ii. iv. 293 The only function of the mathematical symbol is to designate p and q as absolutely equal in rank. 1922 P. Guilday Life & times John Carroll II. xxxix. 831 The pallium which designated his power to rule. 1945 Rotarian Jan. 53/1 A horse's tail well plaited with straw..marks the nag as for sale, but if garnished more roughly with stray wisps, it designates him as a kicker. 2003 M. Lawrence Jim & I viii. 40 A phallus..from an Etruscan tomb; a marker designating that the person inside was male. b. transitive. Of a person or agent: to point out, indicate, make known; to particularize, specify. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > designation > designate [verb (transitive)] seala1225 designa1398 representa1645 sign1654 ticket1654 designate1677 signature1740 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > make specific [verb (transitive)] > specify or state precisely notea1325 specifyc1340 definec1374 assign1377 expressc1400 stevenc1425 condescend1510 particulate1579 particularize1593 particular1605 specialize1616 specificate1649 individualize1655 designate1677 determinate1681 precise1793 precisionize1847 1677 F. Bampfield All in One 119 These Augures did at the first use a crooked staff in pointing and designating the quarters of the Heaven. 1801 Brit. Crit. July 33 Of these [faults] so few examples occur, that it would be invidious to designate them. 1840 W. Irving Knight of Malta in Knickerbocker Mag. Feb. 116 He need only designate to me the way to his chamber. 1861 Mrs. H. Wood East Lynne I. i. xi. 170 It had four post horses..the number having been designated by Lord Mount-Severn. 1937 J. Marquand Thank you, Mr. Moto xxi. 173 If you will be so kind as to drop me at a point I designate I shall be..grateful. 1967 Ebony July 96/1 Anna..was white. However, her race was not designated on the original letter. 2002 T. Williams Plentiful Harvest iii. 120 Don't let your checking or savings account dip below the amount designated by your bank. 2. transitive. To appoint (a person or thing) to an office or function; to nominate for some role; to destine to a fate or purpose. Often with for, to the specified role or function. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > nominate nameOE nevenc1425 nominate1556 design1564 voice1594 designatea1616 tap1952 a1616 J. Smith Expos. Creed (1632) 78 The Party Anointed was designated or appointed to that worke..by God. 1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 184 The two youngest, designated to the monastery, were yet farr from the age..of profession. 1762 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XXXV. iii. 276 Theodore Nikititz Romanow, to whom the late czar had first offered his staff, by way of designating him for his successor. 1791 J. Barlow Advice Privileged Orders i. 27 [To] decide the question of equality by a trial of bodily strength, designating the man that could lift the heaviest beam to be the legislator. a1806 C. J. Fox Hist. James II (1808) 232 To promise..the continuance of a monarchial establishment, and to designate the future monarch. 1853 F. D. Maurice Prophets & Kings Old Test. xxii. 378 Josiah..was designated to his task before his birth. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 394 A clause designating the successor by name. 1917 Frederick (Maryland) Post 3 Aug. 1/7 Some person will be designated to make this..appeal to protect the Government's interest. 1956 Ann. Reg. 1955 4 Densely populated areas designated for smoke-control. 2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 Feb. a23/4 All grants that are designated for a specific activity. 3. transitive (chiefly in passive). Now often in formal or official contexts. a. To point out, indicate (a person or thing) by or with a name or descriptive word or phrase; to name, denominate; to give a title or style to. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > call or give as name to > designate or style as sayOE calla1250 deemc1400 nevenc1425 qualify?1465 designa1500 expound1530 style1570 read1590 intenda1599 dub1607 instyle1607 phrase1607 enstyle1616 speaka1625 cognominate1632 determine1653 clapa1657 designate1669 intimate1799 nominate1799 bedub1884 tab1924 1669 R. Allestree 18 Serm. xviii. 321 These [people]..are designated by that Appropriation, your enemies, which means those that hate you. 1736 J. Green Journey Aleppo to Damascus i. 3 The Aspirate; which those who follow the Greek Writers designate by Ch. 1785 Jrnls. Continental Congr. 1774–89 (Libr. of Congr.) (1933) XXVIII. 376 The geographer shall designate the townships..by numbers progressively from south to north. 1831 John Bull 28 Nov. 379/1 The plaintiff invented another..match, which he designated with the frightful name of ‘Lucifer’. 1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. i. 29 Clusters and nebulæ are designated by their number in the catalogues. 1916 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 44 51 A reflex of the fingers which was designated by the term ‘Hoffmann's Sign’. 1960 Compressed Air & Hydraulics Apr. 171/2 One..engineer..suggests ‘fluidics’ with which to designate all aspects of the behaviour of liquids and gases. 2000 C. D. Whiteman Mountain Meteorol. vii. 95 Fogs composed of water droplets are designated by names that describe the processes that lead to their formation. b. With double object or complement: to name, describe, or characterize (a person or thing) as something; to give a specified status or name to. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] nemneOE nemela1325 namec1384 to lay a name ona1400 christena1470 nominate1545 baptizec1550 denominate1552 dename?1567 enterm1599 epithet1650 designate1676 nomenclate1801 godfather1879 1676 R. Williams George Fox Digg'd out of his Burrowes 67 These alterations will all be noted in this reprint and will be designated as Roger Williams' Manuscript Annotations. 1711 in W. Drummond Hist. Lives & Reigns Five James's p. xxxviii John Stewart is..designated the First begotten and Heir apparent of Robert. 1836 Random Recoll. Ho. Lords xvi. 397 I designate them [sc. his ideas] as somewhat above mediocrity. 1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. xix. 418 Miriam is almost always designated as ‘the prophetess’. 1879 M. Arnold Guide Eng. Lit. in Mixed Ess. 194 I wonder at his designating Milton our greatest poet. 1965 Alcalde (Univ. Texas) Nov. 11/1 In 1923..the Legislature designated it the North Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College. 1977 J. Judd Corr. Van Cortlandt Family p. liii The Chapel..has been designated as a National Landmark. 2007 N.Y. Times 26 Aug. (T: Style Mag.) 222/3 The day after Thanksgiving has been designated Buy Nothing Day, an anti-consumerist holiday, since 1992. 4. transitive. Of a word, etc.: to serve as a name for; to be descriptive of; to denote, describe. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > mean, signify, express [verb (transitive)] tokenc888 meaneOE sayOE bequeathc1175 signifya1382 beara1400 bemeana1400 soundc1400 designc1429 applyc1450 betoken1502 express1526 conveya1568 intend1572 carry1584 denotate1597 pronounce1610 to set out1628 implya1640 speak1645 denote1668 designate1741 describe1808 enunciate1859 read1894 1741 J. Besse Vindic. Brief Acct. Prosecutions Quakers in Answer to Def. Clergy of York 177 Though his Name be not in the Presentment, yet the Word Minister is, which designates the same Person. 1791 tr. J. B. B. d'Anville Compend. Anc. Geogr. iv. 454 This denomination is derived from an Arabic term, designating men addicted to rapine. 1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 45 The term continued to designate hired troops. 1877 Mag. Amer. Hist. 1 157 This name [sc. Mutsun]..has been adopted to designate a family of dialects extending from..San Juan Bautista..up to..the Bay of San Francisco. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 72 Meerschaum, a German word designating a soft white mineral sometimes found floating on the Black Sea. 1958 Proc. Amer. Dial. Soc. 30 14 Berm..[is] used to designate the strip of grass between the sidewalk and street. 2001 D. Gaunt in D. I. Kertzer & M. Barbagli Hist. European Family ix. 259 Family..was thus a word which designated a relationship..of belonging..to the superior individual who was legally termed the paterfamilias. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1475v.1596 |
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