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namen.adj. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian nama, noma (West Frisian namme), Middle Dutch name, naem (Dutch naam), Old Saxon namo (Middle Low German nāme, nām), Old High German namo, nammo (Middle High German name, nam, German Name), Old Icelandic nafn, namn, Norn (Shetland) namn, Old Swedish nampn, namn (Swedish namn), Danish navn, Gothic namo, and further with Sanskrit nāman, Avestan nāman-, ancient Greek ὄνομα, classical Latin nōmen, Early Irish ainm (Irish ainm), Old Welsh anu (Welsh enw, henw), Old Church Slavonic imę (genitive imene), Russian imja (genitive imeni), Old Prussian emmens, etc.The north Germanic forms preserve the final -n of the stem: see nemn v. A. n. I. A designation. 1. the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] α. OE Bounds (Sawyer 864) in A. Campbell (1973) 38 On utwealda Broccesh[a]m ðæs dennes nama, & þæs oðres dennes nama Sængethryc. OE 78 Scop him Heort naman se þe his wordes geweald wide hæfde. OE 343 Beowulf is min nama. OE (Parker) 12 Feng his bearn syððan to cynerice, cild unweaxen, eorla ealdor, þam wæs Eadweard nama. lOE (Laud) anno 1118 Ðises geares eac forðferde se papa Paschalis, & feng Iohan of Gaitan to þam papdome, þam wæs oðer nama Gelasius. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris (1873) 2nd Ser. 91 (MED) Þat mai ech man understonden þe wot wat bitocneð þese tweie names betfage and ierusalem. c1300 St. Mary Magdalen (Laud) 18 in C. Horstmann (1887) 462 In þe Castel of Magdale þis faire wumman was i-bore; heo was icleoped in propre name ‘þe Maudeleyne’ riȝt þare-fore. c1330 (?a1300) (1886) l. 1216 Marchaund ich haue ben ay, Mi nam is tramtris. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) ii. 947 (MED) The kinges Moder there lay, Whos rihte name was Domilde. a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk (Claud.) (1974) 138 Then may the fader..Crysten the chylde and ȝeue hyt name. c1475 (1969) 51 (MED) My dame seyde my name was Raffe. 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 321 Schir Malcom Wallas was his nayme. 1531 (new ed.) f. 24 Marke therin the citees names & other places in his mynde. 1535 Matt. i. 25 He..called his name Iesus. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. ccccvj A sonne named Henry..the seuenth of that name. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. iv. 13 Peter Simple, you say your name is? View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes iii. xxxiv. 213 God needeth not, to distinguish his Celestiall servants by names. 1699 in J. Robertson & C. Innes (1854) II. 542 A custome of printing the whol nams of the students. 1749 J. Cleland I. 58 I was too strongly mov'd at the bare mention of his name. 1776 E. Gibbon I. vi. 156 The name of Antoninus..had been communicated by adoption to the dissolute Verus. 1802 R. Southey in C. C. Southey (1850) II. 195 An onymous house too..its name is Maes Gwyn. 1818 P. B. Shelley 584 The name Of Venice, and its aspect, was the same. 1897 July 357 He would call them sometimes by their last names. 1909 L. M. Montgomery xx. 234 Mrs. Morgan wanted to know how the Haunted Wood came by its name. 1953 S. Chase i. vii. 79 His name is Utak, a seal hunter of the Netsilik tribe of Eskimos. 2000 Dec. 110/1 If you're going to keep staring at me, you might as well know my name. 1781 S. Johnson Shenstone in X. 3 He continued his name there [i.e. in the book] ten years, though he took no degree. 1858 (1904) 257 His name not having been kept on the boards of his College. 1860 140 Provided they have kept their name on the Books of some College or Hall..for twenty-six Terms. 1860 T. Hughes II. viii. 149 Drysdale, anticipating his fate, took his name off before they sent for him. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ III. li. 132 There would be the painful necessity..of disappointing respectable people whose names were on his books. 1911 M. Beerbohm (1926) v. 70 If you married me, I should take my name off the books of my College. 1990 R. Pryor et al. (BNC) 74 Although he was no longer resident, Pembroke kept his name on the College books. 2. the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [noun] > common noun OE Ælfric (Claud.) ii. 19 Soðlice ælc libbende nyten, swa swa Adam hit gecygde, swa is his nama. OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 302 Se cyning bið gecoren to þam þe him cyð his nama [a1225 Lamb. noma]. a1225 (c1200) (1888) 9 (MED) Ðat is mendatium be name, ðat is, leasinge. a1325 (c1250) (1968) l. 222 Ðor gaf adam ilc here is name. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) Prol. 294 Who that only for Cristes sake Desireth..To bere a name of prelat. a1400 tr. Lanfranc (Ashm.) (1894) 308 (MED) Now þou knowist alle þin instrumentis for to make cauterijs with & her names. 1486 sig. diij Now foloys the naamys of all maner of hawkys. 1527 W. Tyndale 116 That which is deserved is called (if thou wilt give him his right name) hire or wages. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. lxxxijv This is in dede ye first original of the name of Protestauntes. 1590 J. Smythe f. 2v Their Ensignes also they will not call by that name, but by the name of Colours. 1615 W. Lawson (1626) 18 It is hardly possible to misse in graffing so often, if your Gardiner be worth his name. 1638 (1860) 55 Said he was not wordie to weir the coat and name of a preicher. 1712 R. Steele No. 374. ¶1 There is a Fault, which, tho' common, wants a Name. 1781 W. Cowper 723 Flowers by that name promiscuously we call. 1850 Ld. Tennyson cix. 172 Thus he bore without abuse The grand old name of gentleman. View more context for this quotation 1873 c. 88 §22 The offence, by whatever name called, which if committed in England would be perjury. 1911 F. H. Burnett xxvi. 284 I never knowed it [sc. magic] by that name but what does th' name matter? 1955 G. Greene ii. ii. 116 The silence became full of sound: noises you couldn't put a name to. 2000 31 Dec. v. 5/4 But by any name, this was one sweet run. The knee-high bumps exploded against my skis like whipped cream in a Mixmaster. society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > [noun] eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory (Hatton) (1871) ii. 31 Ne dereð nan mon suiðor ðære halgan gesomnunge ðonne ða ðe ðone noman underfoð & ða endebyrdnesse ðæs halgan hades, & ðonne on woh doð. 1399 III. 452/1 That all the Patentes and Charters that they..hath of thes Names, Castels, Maners, Lordesships, and Possessions, Fraunchies, and Libertees, be ȝolden uppe into the Chauncellerie, there to be cancelled. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun (Royal) v. 2442 Tharfor his state..Wes the les, bath in his fame [And] in the titill off hys nam. 1548 f. lxxvv Deprived of all honores, names, dignities and preheminences whiche he then had. 1563 N. Winȝet (1888) I. 91 God appropriatis in His scriptir the samin names to His reularis..calling thame godis, kingis, lordis..&c. the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [noun] OE Ælfric (St. John's Oxf.) 8 NOMEN is nama, mid ðam we nemnað ealle ðing ægðer ge synderlice ge gemænelice. ?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in (1892) 8 The lawast class is for thayme that suld declin the namis, and the verbes actives, passives and anomales. 1970 I. Michael II. ix. 316 The use of Name for the noun substantive is frequent in the term proper name, even in the seventeenth century, and is characteristic of most of the vernacular group of grammarians. ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius iii. pr. vi. 36 Of this name of gentilesse [L. nobilitatis nomen], what man is it that ne may wele seen..how flytynge a thyng it es? 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 472 Nayme off rewill on him he wald tak nayne. 1667 J. Milton vi. 174 Unjustly thou deprav'st it with the name Of Servitude. View more context for this quotation the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [noun] > a term of abuse 1597 W. Shakespeare i. iii. 234 That thou hadst cald me all these bitter names . View more context for this quotation 1760 L. Sterne I. xix. 128 Tristram!—Melancholy dissyllable of sound! which, to his ears, was unison to Nicompoop, and every name vituperative under heaven. 1993 27 May 6/2 As a security guard, I have..had things thrown at me and been called every name in the book. the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > denomination 1714 S. Cunn 51 The Quote is that part of the Answer that is of that Name; then reduce the Remainder to the next inferior Name. 1772 J. Robertson (ed. 3) I. 14 Reduction is the method of reducing numbers from one name, or denomination. the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > name of eOE Rubrics & Direct. for Use of Forms of Service (Cambr. Univ. Libr.) in A. B. Kuypers (1902) 3 Ðonne bistu ðone deg daelniomende ðorh dryhtnes gefe alra ðeara goda ðe ænig monn for his noman gedoeð. eOE (Mercian) (1965) viii. 1 (2) Domine dominus noster, quam ammirabile est nomen tuum in uniuersa terra : dryhten dryhten ur hu wundurlic is noma ðin in alre eorðan. OE 103 His noman we sceolan weorþian mid wordum & mid dædum. c1175 ( Ælfric Homily: St. Vincent's Day (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine (1993) 112 His nomæ weaxæð wunderlice on us. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 5342 Þa shallt tu þurrh þe name off crist. Ben borrȝhenn att tin ende. a1225 (c1200) (1888) 9 (MED) Giet hier is mare of ðe eueles kennes sade, ðe me hafð ofte idon godes aȝwene name forsweren. a1300 in C. Brown (1932) 115 Iherdȝe beo þin holi nome, in heouene & in eorþe. a1325 (c1250) (1968) l. 3497 Tac ðu nogt in idel min name. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxvi. 9 Aȝens the name of Jhesu Nazarene, for to..do manye contrarie thingis. a1425 St. Anthony 41 in (1881) 4 122 (MED) Þus he went in þe kyrke þat was helowed in þe worchyp of þe holyest name of oure lord Jhesu Cryst Sophire, and in þe same kyrke he made ornamentes opon þe autyre of þis holy name. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Testament (Harl. 218) 146 in (1911) i. 334 (MED) Condigne laude nor comendacioun Youe to this name ther can no tunge telle. 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen sig. Avii (heading) Thou sal notht tak the nayme of god inuane. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. xliij They gaue thankes to God yt they should suffer for the glorie of his name. 1622 in R. Pitcairn (1833) III. 514 Witchcraft can nocht be accomplischet as witchcraft, bot be..incalling and invocatioun of the name of Sathan. 1667 J. Milton iii. 412 Hail Son of God,..thy Name Shall be the copious matter of my Song. View more context for this quotation 1738 J. Wesley (hymn) i Thee we adore Eternal Name. 1781 W. Cowper 556 His own glorious rights he would disclaim, And man might safely trifle with his name. 1817 P. B. Shelley x. xxvii. 225 Our secret pride Has scorned thee, and thy worship, and thy name. 1850 Ld. Tennyson xxxvi. 56 We yield all blessing to the name Of Him that made them current coin. View more context for this quotation 1883 Dec. 16 One day before the monk's door came A beggar.., in the name Of the Most Holy, asking alms. 1908 IV. 662/2 As the person is about to expire,..the Holy Name of Jesus is to be invoked. 1995 G. Linehan & A. Mathews Entertaining Father Stone in (1999) 33/2 Forgive me for using the Lord's name, Father, but, Jesus Christ, isn't it terrible, Father! 4. the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > surname eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius (Otho) xviii. 43 Ne ða Sciððeas þe on oðre healfe þara munt[a bugi]að furðum þære burge naman ne þæs folces [sc. Romana] ne geherd[o]n. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 610 Illc an hird wass nemmnedd aȝȝ. Bi name..Affterr summ aþell mann. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1978) l. 14673 Of Englen heo comen and þer-of heo nomen nomen. and letten heom cleopien..þat folc þat wes Ænglis. a1325 (c1250) (1968) l. 3829 Ðo wrot he wið hond Ðe twel[f]e names of ðat kin. a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. lxvi. 22 As newe heuenus and newe erthe..so stonde shal ȝoure sed, and ȝoure name. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) i. 67 (MED) Myrundones so longe haue boor the name. 1559 in J. A. Froude (1863) VIII. 3 Whose blood they once shed, they lightly never cease killing all that name. a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece (Mar Lodge) (1946) vii. iii. f. 225 All thingis done fra begynnyng of the Scottis name to the tyme of King Malcolme Canmore. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. iii. 152 I am from humble, he from honored name . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton ix. 142 Since I in one Night freed..welnigh half Th' Angelic Name . View more context for this quotation 1690 No. 2575/3 Three of the Heads of Clans, or Chiefs of a Name, are come in and submitted to him. 1781 W. Cowper 170 The favours poured upon the Jewish name. a1822 P. B. Shelley Prince Athanase in (1824) 106 Of an ancestral name the orphan chief. 1849 T. B. Macaulay I. v. 547 All the clans hostile to the name of Campbell were set in motion. 1974 E. Bowen ii. 38 Uncle Harry, who was always very touchy about the family name, would be spared the sight of seeing it splattered all over the city's newspapers. 1994 M. Gee (1996) iv. 56 They would keep Gordon just afloat for as long as they could, and try to keep him clean, or the Peet name clean. the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > with implication of person denoted c1384 (Royal) Apoc. iii. 4 Thou hast a fewe names in Sardis, the whiche defouleden not her clothes. 1415 in 43rd Ann. Rep. Deputy Keeper Public Rec. (1882) App. i. 590 in (C. 3425) XXXVI. 1 Brake he oute & saide hym thoughte neuer a better tyme hym to goo and i rehersid quone the same names wolde be of the same assent exsept he novmd nought ouldecastell. 1467–8 V. 574/2 Eny Acte made for the corporation or name of the Duchie of Lancastre. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. iv. 56 By the hand Of that black Name, Edward, black Prince of Wales. View more context for this quotation 1662 E. Stillingfleet i. iv. §11 Unless this might be any plea for his ignorance,..that he had so many great names after him guilty of the same. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite ii, in 43 There Samson was; with wiser Solomon, And all the mighty Names by Love undone. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in 253 Echo learns politely to repeat, The praise of names for ages obsolete. 1835 A. Alison III. xxvi. 644 Names since immortalized in the rolls of fame were there assembled. 1948 C. Leslie v. 203 His casual mention of great names convinced her that he was an intimate friend of them all: of the Mahatma, of Nehru, of Subhas Bose. 1998 Apr. 25/1 In his early days, Foxy played with and against all the great names of the day. 5. A designation as contrasted with its referent. the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adverb] > in name only society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [adjective] > marriage without sexual relations eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory (Hatton) (1871) Pref. 5 Ðone naman anne we lufodon ðæt[te] we Cristne wæren, & swiðe feawe ða ðeawas. a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1965) Ecclus. xxxvii. 1 Þer is a frend bi onli name a frend [a1425 L.V. a frend bi name alone]. c1384 (Royal) Apoc. iii. 1 Thou hast name, that thou lyuest, and thou art deed. a1500 St. Brendan's Confession (Lamb.) 175 in (1968) 25 12 (MED) I bere þe name of þe seruaunt of þee Lord, but I do not þi werkis. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. iii. 310 'Tis but the shadow of a wife you see, The name, and not the thing. View more context for this quotation 1635 G. Hakewill (rev. ed.) iv. xi. 538 So have wee had three Greats, not in name only but in deed, such as were Constantine the great..and Charles the great. 1666–7 E. Stillingfleet (1673) 29 Religion becomes but a meer name. 1727 J. Gay I. l. 170 Friendship, like love, is but a name, Unless to one you stint the flame. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in 421 Well he plays his part, Christian in name, and infidel in heart. View more context for this quotation 1837 T. Carlyle II. vi. vii. 413 The red Porters of Hôtels are shot at, be they Suisse by nature, or Suisse only in name. 1851 H. Mayhew I. 385/1 It has the name of being eighteen yards. 1867 E. Quincy in 481 The Law School, though in existence..had but a name to live. 1888 viii. §8. 571 The expulsion of the majority of the existing House reduced the Commons to a name. 1894 W. J. Locke (1895) xxi. 245 Henceforward Thornton would be her husband only in name. 1919 J. Buchan (1953) xv. 278 You can sink yourself till you become only a name and a number. 1972 A. Roudybush (1974) xxi. 173 I married her..but it never even occurred to me that our marriage would be other than a marriage in name only. 1994 L. de Bernières xix. 127 I took no part..in the shameful triumphalism of a conquest that was a victory only in name. the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > almost or nearly 1824 R. E. Landor i. v. 31 The duke Returns a sovereign to his father's throne, In all but name, a king. 1849 Jan. 7/2 He gained that popularity which afterwards made him in all but name the sovereign of a great people. 1879 G. Grove I. 229/2 His ‘Schlummerlied’ is a berceuse in all but name. 1934 J. E. Neale xv. 251 In all but name the Papacy was at war with Elizabeth. 1999 Apr. 20/2 A requiem in all but name, it is an intense work for choir and seven wind instruments. society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > one who insures someone else > underwriter > special types 1885 G. van de Linde 10 The respective partners of Blank & Co.,..head the policy by underwriting it to the extent of £10,000 between them, each name being respectively responsible for the amount against the signature. 1928 C. Wright & C. E. Fayle xxiii. 422 Let us consider the career of an underwriting ‘Name’, that is an Underwriting Member of Lloyd's represented by an Agent. 1937 R. Straus xi. 257 Marine underwriters..offered themselves as ‘Names’ to those Underwriting Agents who specialised in non-marine risks. 1973 16 Oct. 3/7 Dr Dugdale said he was a ‘name’ several times over at Lloyd's, concerned in shipping and aircraft insurance. 1998 June 41/3 Which Henry..lost loads of his lovely lolly by signing up as a Lloyd's ‘name’? society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > stock exchange accounting period > settlement > settlement day > day before > ticket 1891 G. H. Stutfield 59 When the issuer of the ticket is a broker,..he has to insert the name of his client as the person into whose name the Stock is to be transferred.] 1907 A. P. Poley & F. H. C. Gould ii. iii. 178 It is called the ticket or name day because of the passing of tickets or names on that day. 1934 F. E. Armstrong x. 193 ‘Names’ play an important part in the settlement of Stock Exchange transactions. 1968 J. D. Hamilton i. iii. 89 Once in the office the names are sorted by the Names Department so that each name or batch of names matches a certain sale..and where there is more than one ticket they are pinned together. II. Reputation; a name as associated with or identified with reputation. 8. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [noun] eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory (Hatton) (1871) xlviii. 367 Ðæt is ðonne ðæt mon his mearce bræde, ðæt mon his hlisan & his naman mærsige. eOE tr. Orosius (BL Add.) (1980) iii. i. 54 Þær wurdon Læcedemonie swa swiðe forslagen þæt hie naþer næfdon siþþan ne heora namon ne heora anweald. ?a1300 Names Hare (Digby 86) in (1935) 6 351 (MED) Þe ffnattart, þe pollart (His hei nome is srewart). c1390 G. Chaucer 2837 He that..rekketh noght thogh he kepe nat his goode name nys but a cruel cherl. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 28165 For his..welth, his wytt, and his god name. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer 1811 Lucrece: Thus thou shalt be ded and also lese Thy name. c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer 1761 Thogh we may not the body have Of wymmen, yet..Leet men gliwe on us the name. ?c1450 (1891) 102 Gyfe he did he lost his name. a1513 W. Dunbar (1998) I. 113 Quhai in fedle receawes schaem And tynis thair his knychtlie naem. 1526 W. Bonde iii. sig. HHvii Defame hym, that is to saye, take his good name fro hym. 1598 W. Shakespeare v. iv. 69 Would to God Thy name in armes were now as great as mine. View more context for this quotation 1665 R. Boyle Disc. i. ii, in sig. B3 Companies, where sometimes he may lose his good Name. 1705 tr. W. Bosman ii. 17 If the same Care was taken..Guinea would soon lose its dreadful mortal Name. 1781 W. Cowper 453 Flavia, most tender of her own good name. 1834 T. Medwin II. 297 Daily, hourly came Fresh followers, lured by his success and name. 1859–64 Ld. Tennyson 50 I love you so well that your good name is mine. 1874 H. E. Manning 3rd Ser. 26 For the fair name of England, they are being blotted out of our history. 1879 4 Jan. 5/4 Kreeder has the name of being an ugly customer. 1926 J. Street in B. C. Williams 35 They dragged the fair name of a perfect lady through the muck and mire. 1950 D. Thomas 19 Dec. (1987) 778 Are you not letting down their good name, and the good name of all your fellow-scribblers? 1994 L. de Bernières xxxv. 227 He had blotted our name forever by ordering the massacre of Spanish prisoners in Majorca. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > [noun] the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > be or become eminent [verb (intransitive)] OE Ælfric Old Test. Summary: Maccabees (Julius) in W. W. Skeat (1900) II. 86 Eft ða wæs sum heretoga gehaten seron on syrian lande, se, cwæð, to his leode, Ic wille wyrcan me naman and oferwinnan iudan. a1382 (Bodl. 959) 2 Kings viii. 13 Dauiþ forsoþe made to hym a name whanne he turnede aȝeen. c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate (1901) 5832 This mayde..Had a name and dyde excelle To pleyen at this noble play. 1509 A. Barclay (Pynson) f. clxxv By cruell delynge he must hym get a name. 1535 Zeph. iii. 20 I wil get you a name..amonge all people of the earth. 1638 S. Rutherford 11 June (1848) cclxxxv. 567 It is possible I be misconstructed, and deemed to seek a name. 1667 J. Milton xii. 45 They cast to build A Citie..And get themselves a name . View more context for this quotation 1785 W. Cowper ii. 759 Such expense..buys the boy a name, That sits a stigma on his father's house. 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton II. vi. xviii. 166 Tell her that I am nameless, and will yet make a name. 1884 W. C. Smith 48 When you make yourself a name, As I am sure you will do. 1909 7 Jan. 9/1 Henry Ford made a name for himself which will cling for all time. 1948 W. S. Burroughs 30 Nov. (1993) 27 If you succeed in publishing one book, and get a name, you will have easy going from there on. 1997 T. Petsinis (1998) xix. 180 Others prosper, grow powerful, make a name for themselves, while we sweat in silence. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [noun] > for or of being something eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory (Hatton) (1871) xlviii. 365 Ðonne forhyggeað hie ðæt hie folgien oðrum monnum æfter bettran andgiete, & wilniað ðæt hie gegitsien & gelicetten æt ðæm ungetydum folce wisdomes naman. c1395 G. Chaucer 251 Moyses and kyng Salomon Hadde a name of konnyng in swich art. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng (Harl.) 6842 (MED) Of large almes men ȝaue hym name. 1456 A. Ogard in (2004) II. 139 Consideryng the goode nome and fame of trouth..the which I here of you. a1475 in R. H. Robbins (1959) 154 If hym lust to haue a name of pelour vnder ipocrasie. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. (?1560) lxvii. sig. Qiii Ye haue the name to be the..gentyllest of hearte of any lady now lyuynge. 1559 W. Bavand tr. J. Ferrarius i. i. 2 He maie by studie compasse, bothe honestie and vertue, get the name of a good liuer in the common weale. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo (1586) i. f. 42v There are diuerse which thinke to get the name of pleasant conceited fellowes. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny I. x. li. 297 He would have the name to eat the resemblers of mans voice. 1625 F. Bacon (new ed.) 26 The ablest Men..haue had..a name of Certainty, and Veracity. 1718 J. Quincy 207 Chaste Lamb. This has got a Name for a Cooler. 1727 A. Hamilton II. xxxiii. 16 The Name that it got..stuck so fast to it, that none of it would go off at any Price. 1814 W. Nicholson 4 Sic beauty, an' the name o' siller, Gart wooers flock. a1859 J. Austin (1879) II. xxxii. 592 Laws which have gotten the specious name of natural. 1894 97 384/1 No profession will lightly earn for itself the name of a profession of hireling subornees of perjury. 1990 J. McGahern 5 McQuaid..was more or less illiterate though he could add and subtract. It was easy to get the name of brains in those days. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [noun] > of a specified kind a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxii. 1 Betere is a good name than manye richessis. c1390 G. Chaucer 3028 Ye been riche ynow..and ye myghten lightly in this wise gete yow a coueitous name. a1400 Prov. Wisdom (Bodl.) 6 in (1927) 51 221 (MED) Wele is hym þat haþe a good name. a1425 (a1382) (Corpus Oxf.) 2 Kings vii. 9 I made to thee a greet name. c1500 (Trin. Cambr. R. 3.19 f. 212) (1948) xviii. 207 A good name many folde ys more worthe then golde. 1546 J. Heywood ii. vi. sig. Iii He that hath an yll name, is halfe hangd. 1600 W. Shakespeare iii. i. 98 He hath an excellent good name . View more context for this quotation 1622 (?a1513) W. Dunbar (Reidpeth) (1998) I. 176 Keip ordour..That ȝe may gett ane bettir name. 1625 F. Bacon (new ed.) 208 A good Name, for good and faire dealing. a1674 Earl of Clarendon (1703) II. viii. 431 The King's army..had left no good Name behind. 1738 J. Swift 8 Aug. I have an ill name in the Post-office of both Kingdoms. 1845 C. Dickens ii. 74 I've got a bad name this way..and I'm not likely, I'm afeared, to get a better. 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke III. 473 If he were victorious, he would..bequeath a great name to posterity. 1865 220 Bookmaking now has got a bad name, or at any rate the term is used in a bad sense. 1915 V. Woolf xxvi. 447 Now you'll go back and start all kinds of things and make a great name in the world; and we'll go on being friends. 1953 T. Morrison V. iii. 243 You couldn't put up a memorial to a boy whose younger brother had just given the family and the college a bad name. 2001 29 Apr. (Life Suppl.) 49/1 This Sardinian blend of Nuragas and Vermentino is the sort of stuff that could give Frascati a good name. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > have a good reputation [verb (intransitive)] 1485 (Caxton) xii. ix. sig. M.vi There is none that bereth the name now but ye and syr Tristram. 1541 sig. Dii So they may be trymmed, and fed of the best They haue no remorse, who bereth the name. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny I. ix. xvii. 245 Our auncestours set more store by the Sturgeon, and it carried the name above all other fishes. 1694 J. Locke (new ed.) ii. xxi. 137 These passions are scarce..simple, and alone..though usually in discourse, and contemplation, that carries the name which operates strongest, and appears most in the present state of the mind. 9. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > have reputation [verb (intransitive)] > be much talked about lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius (Bodl.) xviii. 43 Þa get Romana nama ne come ofer þa muntas, þe we hatað Caucaseas. c1330 (?a1300) (1886) l. 22 (MED) Of akniȝt is þat y mene; His name, it sprong wel wide. a1400 (a1325) (Trin. Cambr.) 12633 Fro þenne of ihesu sprong þe nome. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) Prol. 176 (MED) The briȝtnesse of her fame..schyneth ȝet by report of her name. c1480 (a1400) St. Ninian 479 in W. M. Metcalfe (1896) II. 318 [O]f þe bischope þe nam ran sa in al þe land to and fra. 1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow Prol. l. 38 in W. T. Ritchie (1930) IV. 281 Quhich eternall wald haif memoriall Gyd ȝow so that ȝour god plesit be and obtene name. 1609 A. Gardyne sig. D3v Thy Name, by Fame, into this land shall liue. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. iv. 155 My vnsoild name, th' austeerenesse of my life. View more context for this quotation 1785 W. Cowper vi. 101 Some to the fascination of a name Surrender judgment hoodwinked. 1789 No. 43. 4 The ill effects of possessing an extensive reputation, or as an old English Phrase expresses it, having one's name up. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage III. viii. x. 329 When once my name was up, for a man after the duke of Lerma's own heart, I had very soon my court about me. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in 137 If they find Some stain or blemish in a name of note. 1904 Sept. 1024/1 Names immortal in life and letters, names forever illustrious in character and achievement. 1992 24 Aug. c2/2 If the name of Warady rings forever in the world of ultramarathoning, [etc.]. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > obscurity or ingloriousness > in obscurity [phrase] 1594 G. Chapman sig. Biv Wo is wretched me, without a name: Vertue feeds scorne, and noblest honor, shame. 1623 P. Massinger ii. i. sig. E3v Hath he made thee (A thing obscure, almost without a name) The enuie of great Fortunes. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vi, in tr. Virgil 393 These shall then be Towns of mighty Fame; Tho' now they lye obscure; and Lands without a Name. 1821 P. B. Shelley 7 One of the crowd thou art without a name. 1886 W. Alexander 6 Into the dark she glides, a silent shame, And a veil'd memory without a name. 1946 J. K. Baxter Poem in Naseby Graveyard in (1948) 31 My spent ashes charge To mingle with the wind at large Or coffinless, without a name In the deep sea whence first I came. 10. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > [noun] c1384 (Douce 369(2)) Zeph. iii. 20 Y shal ȝeue ȝou in to name, and in to herying to alle peplis of erthe. 1418 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt (1931) 197 Enquer that he be of good name, And ellys resseyue hym nowȝt. a1425 (?c1375) N. Homily Legendary (Harl.) in C. Horstmann (1881) 2nd Ser. 129 [He] euill angerd was Þat þis cristen king had name More þan he. c1425 (Huntington) 75 Gode name is golde worthe, my leue childe. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre (1913) 43 My desir restith in two singuler thinges, that one is for to conquere name in arms. 1530 J. Palsgrave 247/2 Name, renom. 1597 T. Morley Pref. Not so much seeking thereby any name or glorie. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny I. xiv. xiv. 419 Yea, and after that, the Falern wines were in name and called for. 1605 F. Bacon ii. sig. Zz4 Senators that had name and opinion, for generall wise men. View more context for this quotation 1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in 104 He lay as dead And lost to life and use and name and fame. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective] ?c1430 (c1383) J. Wyclif (1880) 2 (MED) The firste two [sects] weren grete men of name and hauynge. c1450 in C. L. Kingsford (1905) 121 (MED) Lordes of name an hunderde and mo Bitterly þat bargayn bowght. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville (Vitell.) 13590 (MED) For he was a man off name (Semynge, by hys contenaunce) Therfor they tooke mor vengaunce Vp-on hym. 1548 f. xxiijv The cytie..conteyned an hundred and fifty thousand houses of name. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 220/1 in I Of the english side, ther died ij. dukes..with sundry other men of name. 1625 F. Bacon (new ed.) 103 Eminent Persons..which are of great Name abroad. 1699 T. Baker xiii. 160 In this kind Bartolus is of great name; whose Authority is..valu'd..amongst the Modern Lawyers. 1782 W. Cowper 85 Hence authors of illustrious name..Are sadly prone to quarrel. 1816 M. Keating (1817) I. 33 Although the military architect may be one of high name. 1857 R. W. Church (1891) I. 16 It would be difficult, perhaps, to mention a writer of name who has more [faults]. 1963 F. T. Prince 94 I have friends of name and wealth. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > obscurity or ingloriousness > [adjective] society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > [adjective] 1611 Job xxx. 8 They were children of fooles, yea children of base men [margin] men of no name. 1671 J. Milton 677 Nor do I name of men the common rout,..Heads without name no more rememberd. View more context for this quotation 1701 J. Swift ii. 16 A small truckling State of no Name or Reputation. 1778–88 F. Burney I. p. vi Without name, without recommendation, and unknown alike to success and disgrace. 1817 W. Gifford viii. 361 Poor Arpine, of no name at home, And scarcely rank'd among the knights. 1891 G. Meredith III. v. 90 A young person of no name, of worse than no birth. 1967 E. Boland 12 Birds and their masters, many beautiful, Tumbled together without name and burial. 1975 M. Harper 34 A woman of no name. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun] 1611 Ezek. xxiii. 10 She became famous [margin a name] among women. View more context for this quotation 1826 B. Disraeli II. iii. vii. 91 Dr. Spix is a name— accurate traveller. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Ulysses in (new ed.) II. 88 I am become a name; For always roaming..Much have I seen and known. 1898 J. Hollingshead vii. 309 It was played afterwards, from time to time, with more prominent names in the bill, notably for benefits; but the ‘names’, as usual, wanted to make too much of their parts. 1936 17 June 32/1 The greatest ‘names’ in the industry, including the cream of its players. 1947 11 Oct. 53/1 The growing group of record makers who..turn..to the reservoir of fine performing talent that..lie outside the galaxy of first-rank star names. 1955 J. Betjeman in R. S. Thomas 12 His publisher believed that a ‘name’ was needed to help sell the book. 1984 No. 22. 7/1 A number of nationally known names..gave their services free or sent cheques through the post. 1998 13 Nov. 7/2 The scheme..is underwritten by Eagle Star, the biggest name in ‘pluvius insurance’. B. adj.the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adjective] > having, showing, or conferring prestige 1932 16 Apr. 8/3 The indie house has been playing one ‘name’ act a week for the last two weeks. 1941 28 July 11/5 Virtually all of the name horses in the land will be on the scene for the thirty-day meeting. 1960 Apr. 342 A big factor in the sale of the more popular ‘name’ records is the personality cult. 1973 Jan. 28/2 He has concerned himself with the promotional affairs of several ‘name’ theaters in the Cleveland area. 1990 June 60/2 People who can build something up from scratch are to me more interesting than name producers. Phrases P1. by name. the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [adverb] the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [adverb] > by proper name OE Cynewulf 755 Syndon tu on þam, sigorcynn on swegle, þe man seraphin be naman hateð. OE (Parker) 32 Þa wearð ætywed uppe on roderum steorra on staðole, þone stiðferhþe, hæleð higegleawe, hatað wide cometa be naman, cræftgleawe men. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) Ded. l. 324 Icc wass þær þær i crisstnedd wass. Orrmin bi name nemmnedd. a1300 (c1275) (1991) 19 Ðat defte meiden, Marie bi name. a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xvii. 23 Þe ilke bastard man, Goliath bi name. a1400 (a1325) (Trin. Cambr.) 7370 (MED) Dauid he hette bi his name [a1400 Vesp. dauid es his name]. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 367 (MED) The ylle disposede woman, Gorgones by name, chaungede men beholdenge here into stones. 1600 W. Shakespeare v. i. 155 It doth befall, That I, one Flute (by name) present a wall. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton vii. 536 Wherever thus created, for no place Is yet distinct by name . View more context for this quotation 1711 J. Addison No. 98. ⁋3 A famous Monk, Thomas Conecte by Name. a1832 W. Scott in J. Lockhart (1900) I. 240 The last of my chargers..was a high-spirited..one, by name Daisy. 1925 W. Cather ii. iii. 196 This old man was a castaway Englishman, Henry Atkins by name. 1972 W. Samarin vi. 141 A similar kind of pseudolanguage, ‘Bosvidian’ by name, is sometimes used by a certain small, intimate group of American students when they are high on marijuana. 1987 G. Ewart 101 She is a harlot, by name Camilla! OE 81 Ongan ða swegles weard be naman nemnan, nergend ealra woruldbuendra. OE (Corpus Cambr.) x. 3 Þa sceap gehyrað his stefne, & he nemð his agene sceap be naman. lOE (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 656 Ðet wæron be nam, Ithamar biscop of Rofecestre, and Wine biscop of Lundene. c1390 Cato's Distichs (Vernon) 622 in F. J. Furnivall (1901) ii. 608 Ȝif men tellen harm bi þi wyf Or oþer ffrend beo name, Til hit beo proued leeue hit nouȝt. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. ii. 4 A loueliche lady..Cam down fro þat castel and calde me by name. 1431 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith (1870) 276 (MED) First, ye Aldirman schal clepene vpe ij men be name. a1500 tr. Lanfranc (Wellcome) f. 28v (MED) Awake hym with a gret sownde of trumpis and taborus and call hym hy by his name. c1540 (?a1400) 37 Amonges þat menye,—to myn hym be nome,—Homer was holden haithill of dedis. 1609 W. Shakespeare i. ii. 179 Iletell [sic] you them all by their names . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton x. 649 The Creator calling forth by name His mightie Angels gave them several charge. View more context for this quotation 1738 A. Pope 4 None but you by Name the Guilty lash. 1847 W. M. Thackeray (1848) xlii. 384 She forgot to send any message of kindness to Lady O'Dowd..and did not mention Glorvina by name. 1918 W. Faulkner Let. 19 Nov. in (1992) 132 We are called up by name, given a medical examination, and told to beat it away. 1991 H. Gold ii. 29 If I got lost in the maze of unmarked streets..I would stop and ask for the street by name. OE (Claud.) xxxiii. 17 Þu hæfst gyfe beforan me & ic can ðe be naman. a1425 (a1382) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Exod. xxxiii. 17 Thi silf Y haue knowe bi name. a1450 ( tr. Vegetius (Douce) f. 7 (MED) Also loke he knowe his cheuenteynes by name in as moche as he may. 1667 J. Milton xii. 577 Though all the Starrs Thou knewst by name . View more context for this quotation 1814 W. Wordsworth iv. 195 Abhorrence and contempt are things He only knows by name . View more context for this quotation 1864 Aug. 175 Sovereigns whom their subjects scarcely knew save by name. 1915 W. S. Maugham cxix. 630 The licencee knew all his customers by name. 1986 E. E. Scharff ii. 27 Practically anyone who knew a broker by name could buy stock on ten percent margin. the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > specifically [phrase] 1583 G. Babington viii. 417 We will neuer I feare see the mischeefe of playing, and by name of Dising. 1626 F. Bacon §666 It is strange..that Dust helpeth the fruitfulness of Trees, and of Vines by name. 1660 R. Sharrock 27 The seeds of divers Sowbreads, by name the Roman,..doe the like. P2. in ——'s name ( in the name of ——). In early use also with †o (see on prep.) and †on.society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [adverb] > invocatory OE (Northumbrian) xxviii. 19 Baptizantes eos in nomine patris et fili et spiritu sancti : fulwuande hia in noma fadores & sunu & halges gastes. OE 413 Þu gebletsad leofa, þe in dryhtnes noman dugeþum cwome heanum to hroþre. OE 141 Þu sylest urum leomum ræste, forðon ðe hie on þinum noman wunnon. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 16813 He ne wass nohht ȝet. O cristess name fullhtnedd. c1225 (?c1200) (1973) 1431 (MED) Feole..þoleden anan deað i þe nome of drihtin. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham (1902) 9 (MED) Ich cristni þe ine þe uader name, And sone, and holy gostes. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xviii. 20 Where two or three shulen be gedrid in my name. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 266 (MED) Now..wil we..In crist nam our bok be-gin. 1413 Will in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt (1931) 217 In the name of god, Amen... I, Richard ȝong [etc.]. a1475 (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 794 (MED) Þe venim of addre or of snake: In my Goddes name I wole it take. a1500 (Marchm.) (1877) I. 336 In the name of the Fadir and the Son and the Hali Gaist. a1535 T. More (1553) i. xix. sig. E.iiv That in the name of Jesus euery knee be bowed. 1598 W. Shakespeare iii. ii. 153 This in the name of God I promise heere. View more context for this quotation 1662 in R. Pitcairn (1833) III. 607 I shoot yon man in the Divellis name. 1738 J. Wesley (new ed.) vi. v Or in the Name of Jesus, chase My Troublers all away. 1841 R. W. Emerson 1st Ser. (Boston ed.) i. 23 A haughty beneficiary, begging in the name of God. 1886 R. F. Burton tr. VIII. cxliii. 178 Then he said to her, ‘Sleep, in the name of Allah.’ 1916 J. Joyce iii. 111 A blessing..which I wish you from my heart, one and all, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 1992 28 Feb. 12/3 We are two gathered together, to whom it is promised that, when so gathered in the name of Christ, He is in their midst. eOE (Kentish) Charter: Ealhburg to Christ Church, Canterbury (Sawyer 1195) in F. E. Harmer (1914) 8 Ic Ealhburg bebiade Eadwealde minem mege an Godes naman & an ealra his haligra ðet he ðis wel healde his dei. eOE Form of Adjuration (Durh. A.iv.19) in F. Liebermann (1903) I. 412 Ic eow ðe halsige on Fæder naman & on Suna naman. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1978) 10136 Luces þe king..beð hine on godes nomen [c1300 Otho a godes name] þat him god uðe. a1375 (c1350) (1867) 306 (MED) Witerly dorst he nouȝt werne þe wille of his lord, but graunted him goddeli on godis holy name Forto worchen his wille. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 11915 (MED) Vnto your kyth, on godds nam, I bidd yow þat yee nu wend ham. c1450 (1905) II. 264 (MED) In þe Name, speke, þou yong childe, & tell if þis dekyn did þis trispas! a1470 T. Malory (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 306 ‘In the devyls name’, seyde the damesell. a1500 (?a1450) (BL Add. 9066) (1879) 398 In the name of god and seynte marie..go and venge the dethe of thy mayster! a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. iii. 100 Name of mercy, when was this boy? View more context for this quotation 1642 J. Spelman 20 In the name of goodnesse then, what is that which the people speak of? 1720 J. Clarke 19 In the Name of Wisdom, what can be the Meaning? 1819 P. B. Shelley iv. i. 62 Earth, in the name of God, let her food be Poison. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato I. 203 What, in the name of goodness, do you come hither to teach? 1917 E. R. Burroughs xx. 222 I am starving. In the name of humanity open to us. 1957 F. Hoyle (1960) 150 ‘It's almost time to go and try again, if anyone wants to. Does anyone want to?’ ‘In heaven's name, no!’ said Leicester. 1995 E. Toman ix. 228 What in the name of all that is holy was going on? society > communication > representation > role-playing > in the role of [phrase] OE (Corpus Cambr.) x. 41 Se þe underfehð witegan on witegan naman he onfehþ witygan mede. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. x. 41 He that resceyueth a prophete in the name of a prophete. a1400 in K. W. Engeroff (1914) 80 (MED) Euerych tannere..shal..twey shullynges by þe ȝere, and to þe clerke a peny in þe name of talage. ?a1425 (c1400) (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 114 (MED) Þei brennen his body in name of penance. 1464 V. 559/2 Maire..shall pay..x li. in name of a peyne. 1467–8 V. 581/2 To have to hir for terme of hir life, in name of her Dower. a1500 (?c1450) 59 (MED) Oure lorde hym comaunded to make a table in the name of that table at the whiche he was sette in the house of Symond leprouse. ?1549 J. Hooper ix. p. cliii To lose his hed in the name of apayne. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. v. 92 To carry mee in the name of foule Cloathes to Datchet-lane. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. ii. 59 Which comes to me in name of Fault. View more context for this quotation 1638 (Moses Bundle) No. 25. 1033 Tuentie punds..in name of prentiss fie. 1642 tr. J. Perkins iii. §209. 64 To deliver..the deed unto the feoffee in the name of seisin of the same land. 1797 R. Southey xxiv. 418 These men lay the people under contribution in the name of alms. society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > as deputy or representative [phrase] > on behalf of or in the name of c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 10155 Þe pope..sende to all þe bissopes..Þat entredit in his name. a1382 (Bodl. 959) xxi. 8 Sche wroot lettris of þe name of Acab & signede hem with his ryng. 1405 III. 605/2 To fulfill all maner accordez..made..be..our Attournees, or be twa of them in oure name. 1444 V. 108/2 To sue an Action of dette in his owne name. 1505 in W. Fraser (1869) I. 318 One the name and behalf of the said Schir Johne. 1548 f. lxiiijv Sir Thomas More made a brief oracion in the name of the citee. 1586 in W. Fraser (1868) II. 131 That the said Sir Thomas nor na vtheris keparis and detenaris of the saidis hous in his name sall on na wayis [etc.] 1631 W. Gouge v. Ded. 406 You who in the name of the rest were Solliciters in this business. 1686 tr. J. Chardin 13 The Envoy, having the Grand Vizier's word in the Name of his Highness, return'd to Genoa. 1754 Bp. T. Sherlock (1759) I. i. 2 St. Peter, in the Name of all made answer, Lord, to whom shall we go? 1849 T. B. Macaulay II. vi. 17 A speech which the Bishop of Valence, in the name of the Gallican clergy, addressed..to Lewis the Fourteenth. 1891 63 765/1 The defendants were liable as principals, as they had contracted in their own names. 1910 I. 765/1 In 1864 Altona was occupied in the name of the German Confederation. 1960 21 June 9 One of them..chose the teams and sent off the coupon in her own name. 1995 1 Mar. 5/2 US ‘whistle blower’ legislation..allows an individual to bring an action in the name of the US Government against a company accused of wrongdoing. a1586 Sir P. Sidney (1593) v. sig. Qq4 This peticion I make, euen in the name of iustice. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. iii. 166 Both my reuenge and hate Loosing vpon thee, in the name of iustice, Without all termes of pittie. View more context for this quotation a1632 J. Webster & W. Rowley (1661) i. i. sig. B4 Not one amongst us, but would be proud to wear the character of noble Friendship. In the name of which..expose to us the grief that troubles you. 1739 H. Baker & J. Miller tr. Molière Cheats of Scapin ii. v, in Molière IX. 215 In the name of Friendship, Leander, don't use him ill. 1792 M. Wollstonecraft ii. 54 In the name of truth and common sense, why should not one woman acknowledge that she can take more exercise than another? a1862 H. D. Thoreau (1865) x. 234 This was a good argument enough, if he had not put it in the name of religion. 1881 W. Gladstone in 8 Oct. 6/5 This he says he wants, not as protection, but in the name of fair trade. 1922 14 366/1 In the name of economy, the R.A.F. has had to be content with machines built during the War and ‘reconditioned’. 1967 S. Terkel viii. 182 It offends me terribly to see slovenly behavior in the name of a good cause. 1995 Feb. 12/2 Lena took three months off work to travel to Nigeria in the name of technology transfer. the mind > possession > owning > belonging to one [phrase] > in the assigned ownership of 1649 W. Leach 3 That..such prisoner shall..declare in writing under his or her hand all the..debts and dutyes owing in his or her own name. 1848 B. C. Howard 6 233 In this case, the court decided, that, although the land for which the note was given was purchased in the name of the wife, yet still it was community property. 1888 85 120/2 A sum of consols standing in the name of J. K.,..deceased. 1994 May 51/3 If you use a nominee account, your shares are held in the name of the nominee company on your behalf. P3. under the name of. OE (Northumbrian) (headings to readings) xxiv Doctrinam eorum praecepit sub fermenti nomine praecauendam : lar hiora [sc. the Pharisees] geheht under ðærstes noma fore tobehaldenne. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 11463 Swillke..follȝhenn efft te laþe gast. Þurrh þatt teȝȝ deope sinness. Vnnderr þe name off crisstenndom All þeȝȝre þannkess follȝhenn. 1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in (1905) 28 265 His shrewde seruauntis..Pretendyng evir the Kyngis title..vndir his name þe wrongid. c1475 tr. A. Chartier (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 189 (MED) Som of the peeple..put thaim forth vnder the name of armes. 1535 Zech. xiii. 3 Thou shalt dye, for thou speakest lyes vnder the name off the Lorde. 1538 N. Shaxton in Bp. G. Burnet (1715) III. Collect. Rec. iii. 146 Gobbetts of Wodde, under the Name of Parcells of the Holy Cross. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay i. x. f. 12v [He] coyned money vnder his name. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. iii. 12 He does it vnder name of perfect loue. View more context for this quotation a1849 T. L. Beddoes Death's Jest-bk. i. i, in (1851) II. 10 Thou queen'st it bravely, Ruling the earth under the name of Truth. 1613 S. Purchas 452 Under the name of India, heere we comprehend all that Tract between Indus..on the West, unto China Eastward. 1652 P. Heylyn iii. sig. Rrr2v Those desarts which Ptolomy blindeth under the name Terra incognita. 1690 J. Locke iv. vii. 299 There are a sort of Propositions, which under the name of Maxims and Axioms, have passed for Principles of Science. 1744 G. Berkeley (ESTC T72826) §268 The Egyptians..had..even deified her under the name of Isis. 1789 J. Bentham vi. p. liii The characteristic circumstances..have been comprized by metaphysicians and physiologists under the name idiosyncrasy. 1796 W. Withering (ed. 3) III. 659 Medicago..lupulina... It is cultivated in Norfolk under the name of Nonsuch. 1822 J. Imison II. 90 Barytes is used as a white paint, under the name of permanent white. 1853 G. Johnston I. 72 The plant itself, under the name Flesh-and-Blood, is a popular astringent medicine for children. 1884 26 Feb. 12/1 The war of commerce which, under the name of ‘competition’, goes on unceasingly. 1920 14 1227 In the trade dekalin is not found pure, but always contains tetralin and is handled under the name tetralin extra. 1940 G. H. J. Adlam & L. S. Price (ed. 2) xxxiii. 266 Red mercuric sulphide is used as a pigment under the name of vermilion. 1998 20 Nov. 3/1 The drugs are ecstasy derivatives and are sold under the names DOB..and Flatliners. P4. the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called 1472 VI. 64/1 Grete Fermes and Sommes..by the name of firma Balliar'..firma Ballivor'..and sume under the name of Minute firme..the said Shirefes know nat wher ner howe to levye. 1550 R. Sherry sig. Cviv Of ye thyrd, you haue the larger exposiciouns vpon the Gospels called by the name of thys figure. 1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ (1862) 36 Terming the cause by the name of Anabaptisterie. 1651 T. Hobbes i. viii. 36 Passions that produce strange and unusuall behaviour, are called by the generall name of Madnesse. 1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio sig. G2 A nephew of his by the name of Maestro Santo. 1725 G. Berkeley (rev. ed.) 21 A charter for erecting a college by the name of St. Paul's college in Bermuda. 1749 H. Fielding III. viii. iv. 168 This Barber, who went by the Name of little Benjamin, was a Fellow of great Oddity and Humour. View more context for this quotation 1841 W. M. Thackeray 3 A grocer living there by the name of Greenacre. 1879 G. W. Cable 26 A palish handsome woman, by the name—or going by the name—of Madame John. 1949 43 Suppl. 185 Any whale known by the name of gray whale, California gray, devil fish, hard head, mussel digger [etc.]. 2011 13 Jan. 10/3 A secondhand compiler by the name of Didymus. the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called 1728 A. Pope 23 Mar. (1956) II. 480 A member of their Parliament, of the name of Jonathan Gulliver. 1843 M. A. Richardson (new ed.) Legendary Div. I. 116 A little crouse, chantin chieldie o' the name o' Tom Fenwick. 1915 A. Conan Doyle ii. i. 164 A man by the name of Murphy had given him the address in Chicago. 1992 6 Sept. (New Delhi ed.) (Colour Mag.) 6/4 About the same time as Columbus undertook his voyage, there was a Florentine adventurer of the name of Amerigo Vespucci who discovered the Bay of All Saints. 1562 W. Turner f. 85 I haue as yet heard no English name of Phalaris, but for lak of a better name it may be called peti panik, of the likenes that it hath with the ryght panic. 1597 J. Gerard iii. xxiii. 1148 Tragacantha..in English for want of a better name, Goates Thorne. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 57 7 A little red mass, which I called the liver, for want of a better name. 1825 T. B. Macaulay (1860) I. 58 That propensity which, for want of a better name, we will venture to christen Boswellism. 1866 H. James in 22 Feb. 247/1 In the tale before us this same want of judgment, as we may still call it in the absence of a better name,..is shown. 1891 C. Eliot in (1924) xx. 366 The art which, for want of a better name, is sometimes called Landscape Architecture. 1920 23 Oct. 848/2 We have called the condition about to be described ‘senecio disease’ for want of a more appropriate name. 1964 J. A. M. Meerloo iii. 68 There exists a disease, which for lack of a better name is still called schizophrenia. 1995 (Nexis) 2 July 11 The less assertive, but still masculine Ken (for want of a better name) treats his barbie like a chess-board. 1565–73 in J. Raine (1845) 256 Being at borde at the said Agnes house, then wedoo, and was in name with hir. 1575–6 in J. Raine (1845) 284 She was then in name with one Francis Castell. 1577 N. Breton sig. Bv One is a foole By nature and by name, for Follie men him call. 1613 H. Parrot sig. Bv Disgrace by nature, onely Grace by name.] 1688 H. Walker in J. Barker ii. 220 She became By Nature Candid, as she was by Name. 1766 C. Jemmat 176 Careless by name, and careless by nature. 1842 G. W. Lovell i. ii. 16 Charmant means charming, which he says I am, both by name and by nature. 1873 G. H. Calvert iv. ii. 84 The famed Lord Talbot is a nobleman By nature as by name. 1914 S. Lewis iii. 41 Trubiggs. Tru by name and true by nature. Heh? 1958 H. E. Bates i. 11 ‘Larkin, that's me,’ Pop said... ‘Larkin by name, Larkin by nature.’ 1991 H. Hauxwell & B. Cockcroft 251 When I enquired if it was Miss or Mrs Maxwell, she said, ‘Oh no, no, no—Miss by name and Miss by nature, that's what my uncle always said.’ P8. to lend one's name to. 1596 E. Spenser iv. xi. sig. L4 The stony shallow Lone, That to old Loncaster his name doth lend. View more context for this quotation 1612 M. Drayton v. 82 Since, holy Dauids seat; which of especiall grace Doth lend that nobler name, to this vnnobler place. 1788 T. Jefferson Observ. Whale-fishery in (1958) XIV. 243 The Dutch and Hanse towns..have continued to lend their name to British and Dutch [whale] oils. 1846 C. Dickens (1848) viii. 65 The very chickens turning ferocious—if they have anything to do with that infant malady to which they lend their name. 1886 T. Hardy ii. 27 At the bottom stood the village which lent its name to the upland. 1923 50 285 So characteristic a tree of this region is Altingia that it may well lend its name to the subzone. 1998 E. Davis (1999) iii. 81 It seems important to wrestle a bit with the concept of information itself, that strange new angel that lends its name to our age. 1664 L. Carlell tr. P. Corneille ii. vi. 24 How rashly too Heraclius name is lent To a small Partie, an ill manag'd Plot? 1686 tr. Plutarch Life Galba in V. 738 Galba..whose authority was such, that but lending his name to Vindex's defection from Nero, what was call'd Rebellion before, was termed now only a civil War. 1761 F. Sheridan II. 218 I own it was with great reluctance that I lent my name to impose on you. 1793 H. Boyd Royal Message iv. iii, in 413 No private wrongs shall make me lend my name To public mischief. 1878 41 305 It has been found worth while to pay an English house a large commission to lend its name for the issue. 1965 F. E. Perry & F. R. Ryder (ed. 11) 375/1 The great merchant banking houses of today have evolved from..merchants who..built up their business by lending their names to bills financing particular transactions. 1993 11 Nov. 18/8 Should the Stock Exchange really be lending its name to the risky game of derivatives trading? 1597 W. Shakespeare ii. i. 86 Whats in a name? That which we call a Rose, By any other name would smell as sweet. View more context for this quotation 1798 W. Wordsworth Peter Bell in (1895) 236 (heading) What's in a ‘name’? 1922 J. Joyce iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 578 Shakespeares were as common as Murphies. What's in a name? 1935 L. Charteris viii. 253 What's in a name?—as the actress said to the bishop when he told her that she reminded him of Aspasia. 1996 N. Maraire iii. 37 What's in a name, what difference does it make if Katie is called Mai Farai, Professor Marodzi or Professor Marimba? P10. 1639 T. B. tr. J.-P. Camus Certain Moral Relations in S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus 144 This Castle giveth name unto a Family sufficiently knowne. a1671 T. Fairfax (1699) 84 The place was Marston fields, which afterwards gave the name to this battel. 1673 J. Ray 460 Frontignan, a little wall'd Town..which gives name to the so famous muscate wine. 1705 J. Addison 8 On the Promontory..was formerly the Temple of Hercules Monœcus, which still gives the Name to this small Principality [sc. Monaco]. 1728 (Royal Soc.) 34 222 Mr. Doyly, (who was a great searcher after Curiosities, and gave Name to a sort of Stuffs worn in Summer). 1883 III. 18 It gave name to an ancient thanage. 1913 F. S. Eden 51 The branches of the tree or vine seemed to run in and out of a trellis, a circumstance which has given name to such windows—trellis windows. 1995 F. R. Shivers 49 A mythical old salt gave a name to the Admiral Fell Inn at the far corner of the left hand side. 1678 S. Butler iii. ii. 76 Nick Machiavel had ne'r a trick, (Though he gave his Name to our Old Nick). 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching V. 180 The abbey of Denkendorf, which gives its name to the generalship. 1802 W. Scott I. Introd. p. lxxxiv Shellycoat, a spirit who resides in the waters, and has given his name to many a rock and stone upon the Scotish coast. 1868 (new ed.) 359 The Nun..attracts notice from the pleasing contrast in its feathers; its head is almost covered with a veil of white feathers, which gives it its name. 1902 XXX. 3/1 The formerly degraded but now respected and civilized Fingos or Fengus, who give their name to the district of Fingoland. 1955 G. Grigson 163 The fruits are Mazzards and Merries, and give their name to the tree. 1964 C. Willock vii. 120 Hammerkops, the queer brown bird with the blunt head that gives it its name. 1993 16 Dec. 61/1 Gorgonzola has established..a twinship with Stilton, the English city that gives it name to this cheese. 1662 J. Graunt iii. 31 Such other Ministers..had not the Authority or command of the Register to enter the names of the Baptized. 1719 D. Defoe 336 He made me enter my Name in a Publick Register, with his Affidavit, affirming..that I was alive. 1791 J. Boswell anno 1784 II. 495 The Oxford post-coach took us up in the morning at Bolt-court... I found from the way-bill, that Dr. Johnson had made our names be put down. 1819 M. Edgeworth 2 Apr. (1971) 193 Lady Jersey..told me she would put down our names and give me some tickets for Almacks. 1821 M. Edgeworth 30 Oct. (1971) 248 The Colleges are now so full that a young mans name must be written down 3 or 4 years before he can hope to get in. 1824 397/2 Mr. Bolton put down his name for 200l. 1844 C. Dickens xxxviii. 442 He sat in coffee-rooms entering his name in the great pocket-book, over and over again. 1868 A. Trollope Phineas Finn liii, in Nov. 249 As he passed the Athenaeum he saw his chief, Lord Cantrip... ‘I have put your name down here’, said his lordship. 1910 I. 455/1 He entered his name as a student of medicine. 1915 W. S. Maugham cxii. 593 He put his name down to be a clerk in the ward devoted to feminine ailments. 1969 20 Mar. 20/3 Lord Linley, seven-year-old son of Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon, had had his name put down for Eton. 1993 A. L. Kennedy 88 All we need is enough people to put their names down and we can start a credit union. the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [phrase] 1803 S. Owenson vi. 29 Sir Patrick will make the walls of the old Abbey ring again, or my name is not Michael M'Carty. 1836 C. Dickens (1837) xvi. 172 I will, or my name is not Pickwick. 1898 J. D. Brayshaw 220 I tell yer straight, if me an' Kitty don't make Soufend sit up, my name ain't Bill Brown. a1902 F. Norris (1903) ix. 319 I'll bankrupt him, or my name is not Jadwin! 1962 ‘C. S. Forester’ xiii. 174 We'll have a westerly gale, sir, or my name's not William Bush. 1992 E. Field 140 His balls will dangle from my sceptre or my name's not Count Honkie. the mind > possession > owning > belonging to one [phrase] 1827 R. Emmons I. v. 146 Green was a host—an army to her name—The second chief to Washington in fame. 1847 W. M. Thackeray (1848) xx. 175 She was reported to have..a deal of money in the funds; and three stars to her name in the East India stockholders' list. 1876 G. J. Whyte-Melville vii I have not a horse to my name. 1914 S. Lewis xii. 159 ‘Are you broke?’ ‘Prett' nearly. Only got about ten dollars to my name.’ 1951 E. E. Evans-Pritchard iii. 109 If a man dies without legal male heirs, a kinsman of his..ought to take a wife to his name. 1987 14 Dec. 37/5 I will prove that even if you haven't got a penny to your name you can still get justice. 1998 June 42/2 Jim Sandford has many first ascents to his name. 1844 H. W. Herbert viii. 51 She? she!.. I'll bet you a rouleau I can put a name to the she! 1915 A. Conan Doyle ii. vii. 290 I guess when I move out of the chair I can put a name to the man that's coming after me. 1920 E. Wharton ix. 77 I can't put a name to you—but I'm sure I've met you. 1998 Aug. 48/1 (advt.) Can you put a name to the roundabout or junction road-signed above? the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking salutations [interjection] > invitation to drink 1854 C. Dickens i. vi. 43 What thall it be, Thquire... Thall it be Therry? Give it a name, Thquire!..have a glath of bitterth. c1863 T. Taylor in M. R. Booth (1969) II. 88 I hope you'll allow me to stand treat—give it a name, gentlemen... Thank you, I never drink with strangers. 1929 J. B. Priestley i. vi. 235 The waiter collected orders and told Inigo to give it a name. 1931 T. R. G. Lyell 540 Well, boys, the drinks are on me! Give it a name! 1951 J. B. Priestley i. ii. 59 What are you drinking? Give it a name, chaps—there's everything here. 1886 Mar. 796 A Mac Duinnshleibhe (Dunlevy)..was called Cu Uladh, war-dog of Ulster—a name he lived up to by worrying the invaders in many a hard-fought round. 1930 Mar. 156/2 Grouse drum in the lowlands, and ‘foolhens’ live up to their name. 1960 8 Oct. 98/1 This year Mother Bell has really lived up to her name; she's given birth to a whole brood of new telephonic devices for the home. 1994 29 June 36/1 The Travelers have lived up to their name, playing gigs from Texas to Taiwan. P17. colloquial. the name of the game. the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > end, purpose, or object 1910 6 Sept. 16/6 The exercise needed includes brain and hand And work is the name of the game. 1963 E. L. Bond (title) ‘The name of the game’: our changing perception of life and how it will affect marketing concepts; an address. (Association of National Advertisers, U.S.) 1966 Oct. 36/1 Where the knight's concerned, quality is the name of the game. 1973 6 July 2/1 Call my bluff was the name of the game at last week's meeting of the International Whaling Commission. 1986 (Brit. Airways) July 70/2 The name of the film-making game in Britain has to be—diversity. 1992 I. Pattison 100 Your husband's in a state of extreme trauma here. Reassurance is the name of the game, alright? 1957 A. O. Myrer 203 Another one like this [war], it'll be the name of the game. 1960 D. MacCuish 248 Yeah, Norman thought, the very last half. Hudge tossed it to him. ‘Name of the game.’ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > must as decreed by fate [verb (intransitive)] > be destined for a person (of bullet) 1917 A. G. Empey 312 Tommy detests these mortars because..he knows that it is only a matter of minutes before a German shell with his name and number on it will be knocking at his door. 1919 18 July 632/2 A soldier refers to the shell that kills him as ‘having his name and number on it’. 1959 R. Storey Touch it Light in XVIII. 376 Ted. That farmer don't like us, sir. Ever since that bomb fell on his cowshed. Og. He thought it should have fallen on you? Syd. It had our name on it all right. 1973 D. Francis xii. 140 The bomb probably had my name on it in the first place. 1979 N. Wallington iii. 45 My younger watch colleagues had already forewarned me: somewhere in the water main were a few gallons of water which had my name on them. 1991 G. Cotter 287 With West Indies on 147 for 2 and Richards and Richardson in full flow, the game had West Indies' name on it. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > appear as performer [verb (intransitive)] > be star performer 1918 D. Parker in July 29/3 Her costumes are simply unbelievable. Whoever made them should have his name in electric lights over the theatre. 1922 16 Feb. 22/3 She is absolutely lacking in the inspiration which every great actress must possess. But her name is in the electric lights, with letters two feet high. 1929 J. B. Priestley ii. i. 282 His determination to top the bill and have his name in electric lights. 1946 25 May 19/2 While he was admiring the size and brilliance of his name in lights..the bobby-soxers discovered him. 1972 15 Jan. 8/4 I couldn't wait to get up there with the best of them and see my name up in lights—topping the bill at the Palladium. 1992 15 Nov. 1/3 Many of these films boasted stars hardly better known than Selznick himself at his name-in-lights height. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keeping from publication > [noun] 1903 11 Apr. 6/4 Witness asked him who the other man was, and he said, ‘no names, no pack drill’. 1923 O. Onions i. ii. 25 Men had a way of omitting the names of those of whom they spoke; no names no pack-drill. 1926 E. Wallace vii. 160 There's a certain party—no names no pack-drill—who's fairly doggin' me to get information. 1931 P. MacDonald i. i. 7 ‘Meaning?’ said Cuthbertson. ‘No names,’ said Garth Johnson quickly, ‘no pack drill!’ 1955 M. Allingham ii. 32 It just means no name, no pack drill, and always speak well of them as has money to sue. 1962 ‘B. Graeme’ iii. 32 ‘It's a lie, mister. Who told you?’ ‘No names, no pack drill.’ 1990 D. Lucie Doing the Business in (1991) 265 There was a guy..being told by an Oxbridge twit, no names no pack drill,..that he was a morally bankrupt, senseless philistine. 1929 27 July 11/3 The clauses dealing with a prisoner's capture are framed to protect the prisoner. In future he need only give his name, rank, and number. 1938 S. Bond 285 When questioned he [sc. a captured scout] should divulge nothing concerning his organization, or the designations, strength or locations of any other friendly troops, giving the enemy no information except his own name, rank and serial number. 1944 Nov. 32/3 A pilot is taken to a small, isolated camp where he is quarantined for questioning. All he need do is tell his name, rank and serial number, although additional questions are always asked. earlier examples. 1953 A. Christie (rev. ed.) xii. 96 If you were captured, your name, rank, and number [1949 name, rank, and unit], but nothing more. 1973 T. Allbeury xxi. 105 Our friend's a traditionalist—he remembers all that jazz about name, rank and number. 1991 W. Perry (BNC) 16 As a soldier, Nathaniel was no longer Nathaniel. He was a name, rank and number, his individuality merely an accident. 2001 (Nexis) 2 Apr. 65 He seems to have been trained in the OK-school of journalism which teaches you to ask..nothing more probing than name, rank and number. Compounds C1. a. the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > preference for certain names 1865 J. Lubbock xiii. 471 In some tribes these name-fancies take a different form. the mind > language > naming > [noun] > one who or that which gives a name 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden i. 7 Why the Britains should so much sticke unto their Brutus, as the name-giver of their Iland. 1849 9 June 434 Charles' connection with the Royal Society, however, is a small matter in its history. He was its latest name-giver, not its founder. 1991 J. Hersey 48 The violin has a beauty worthy of its namegiver. the mind > language > naming > [noun] > those who invent names 1875 W. D. Whitney viii. 136 The claims of rival name-makers are very sharply discussed. 1964 61 600 Plato says: just as the coppersmith can embody the same form..in different kinds of iron, so may the name-maker embody the same name in different letters. society > communication > writing > written character > name of written character > [noun] 1863 A. M. Bell (new ed.) ii. i. 148 The alphabetic or name-sound of the letter O. 1895 7 Dec. 587 A child may get hold of one name-sound as ‘red’ more easily than another as ‘green’. 1910 at T The development in southern England of the sound ch (tʃ) from t followed by u with its diphthongal or name sound..in such combinations as..-ture. b. With the sense ‘bearing a name’. 1951 9 Feb. 147 Each registrant received the 304-page General Program and a name badge. 1995 9 Aug. 32/5 Staff are uniformed in dark suits with gold name badges. 1910 14 Mar. 11/2 Affixing red name-labels to their seats in the Council Chamber. 1999 A. Lucero iv. 87 The price of Cabrito rivals the popular name labels that we have been buying for the last 50 years. 1890 (U.S. Patent Off.) 22 Apr. 530/2 An electro-magnet and drum holding and releasing armature-lever for restoring the name ribbon to its normal position. 1905 23 Feb. 6/5 Name-ribbons may have to be changed. 1959 E. R. Braithwaite i. 9 The long Commercial Road lay straight ahead, fluttering like an international maypole with the name ribbons of Greece and Israel and many others. the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] > ring with inscription 1877 W. Jones 416 Name rings are common in France. 1990 G. Maxwell 33 Just the empty chair, the name-ring, guests admiring certain goods. society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > labelling > [noun] > label, tag, or ticket > name tag, tape, or stick 1795 A. Witts Diary 30 Dec. in (2016) 255 Went..to some shops & home late, when we found a profusion of name Tickets. 1826 M. R. Mitford II. 197 That identical black bag, with its name-tickets. c. With the sense ‘containing or intended for names’. society > communication > record > list > [noun] > list of names or people > for checking presence eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 34 Albo, nombec. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher 491 Name-Book, a mustering list. 1982 Spring 8/1 If the availability of name books is a gauge of the birthrate in the United States, then those who lament the decline should not worry. society > communication > record > list > [noun] > list of names or people 1861 J. C. H. Fane & Ld. Lytton 37 Four pages..That held the name-scrolls of the listed bards. d. With the sense ‘named after one or giving a name to one’. 1863 ‘M. Harland’ Col. Floyd's Wards iii, in 297 One of her [sc. Lily's] hands—scarcely larger and quite as soft to the touch as a petal of her name-flower—lay passively within his fraternal grasp. 1886 Jan. 257 Lily, petite, fairy-like and fair as her name-flower. 1927 24 Apr. 15 Marigold, its heroine, has the unaffected charm of her name-flower. the mind > language > naming > [noun] > namesake one with same name > person or thing after whom or which one is named 1893 R. L. Stevenson Concl. 370 That very fine great lady that is Miss Barbara's name-mamma. c1890 Gregor MSS in (1965) VI. 386/1 The mother did not give the infant into the father's arms to be presented for baptism. This was commonly done by the ‘name-mother’. the mind > language > naming > [noun] > namesake one with same name > person or thing after whom or which one is named 1868 W. C. Cox Queen Eleanor's Vengeance in 41 Let them praise their name-saints, if, in the strife, They lose all else and yet 'scape with life. 1982 (Nexis) 11 Apr. x. 24/1 The Spanish church dedicated to St. James of Compostella, the town's original name-saint. the mind > language > naming > [noun] > namesake one with same name > person or thing after whom or which one is named 1801 J. Thelwall 141 Sleep on—As yet unconscious of..the cares For which thy name-sire bled. 1852 Nov. 69 The Life of their Name-sire, sent forth by the Cavendish Society. e. In Logic. (a) 1940 W. V. Quine iii. 152 Such expressions might be classed as name matrices, for they are related to names as statement matrices are related to statements. 1938 K. Reach in 3 97 We call this relation [sc. the relation between expressions and their names] a semantical name relation, or briefly, a name relation. 1954 I. M. Copi App. B. 341 The first of these is the meta-metalanguage's synonym for the name relation in the metalanguage. 1994 8 62 The externally determined name-relation holds between Socrates and his term ‘Socrates’. 1941 6 29 The variables introduced by generalization..are to comprise only ‘name-variables and relation-variables’. 1955 A. N. Prior 182 It would not be possible to lay it down..that in any thesis a description may be substituted for a name-variable. 1963 O. Wojtasiewicz tr. J. Łukasiewicz 103 We shall be concerned with a certain theory of name variables. (b) 1955 H. Leblanc 2 Semiotic quotes..are a name-forming operator. 1957 A. N. Prior 119 Our x's are given..by means of a name-forming operator on intervals. f. With the sense ‘of or relating to a proper noun’. 1922 E. Ekwall 62 It is probably a Scand. name..as Brand is hardly with certainty evidenced as an O.E. name-element. 1937 272 The deuterotheme..is by far the more stable name-element in the late Germanic period. 1990 88 61 Crucially, OE personal name-elements are cognate with common words. 1904 K. Sundén 210 In indicating the pronunciation of the name-forms we have adopted the former pronunciation. 1951 G. L. Trager & H. L. Smith 60 The uninflected or name-form is the base. 1970 51 445 The name-forms are arranged under OE phonemes. Thus under OE ā we find head-words like āc, brād, rāp. 1950 H. L. Lorimer iv. 125 Apart from the negative evidence of the Pylos tablets, there is the fact..that certain series of signs in both groups form name-groups which also occur at Knossos in the Palace script. 1963 44 32 Large name-groups with end-variation, e.g. Cēolwald, -helm, -bald, -ward, etc. 1890 Sept. 428 There is one vein of Southern name-lore that will yield an unfailing supply of oddity and variety,—the names of the negroes. 1932 E. Weekley vii. 82 One of the puzzles of name-lore is the process by which the French name Jacques..was early confused with Jankin or Jenkin. 1958 6 1 (title) And Adam gave names—a consideration of name-lore in antiquity. 1924 A. Mawer & F. M. Stenton ix. 166 Recent investigation has shown that many Germanic name-stems which are never recorded in England in historic times were still used by the Angles, Saxons and Jutes of the fifth and sixth centuries. 1953 K. Jackson i. 174 The name-stem Maglocun which appears both in Ogam and in Latin. 1904 K. Sundén 155 When, in the ME. name-system, we meet with such surnames as Bibbe, Cadde,..etc., these are no doubt continuations of the corresponding OE. 1980 New Ser. 15 657 It might be argued that they [sc. nicknames] should be classed as supplements of the ‘civilised’ name system described below. C2. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > [noun] > cabaret > item in 1933 15 June 10/1 It is wiser, in the long run, to develop almost unknown talent rather than to use ‘name acts’. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark §590/15 Name act, an act consisting of well-known players. 1949 L. Feather iii. 21 The Berry Brothers and several other name acts. 1991 Feb. 39/1 Name acts demand high fees for elaborate productions, resulting in inflated ticket prices. society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > company of instrumentalists > [noun] > band > type of 1932 12 Dec. 12/1 To this sum add anything from $500, to a $1,000 for music (‘name’ bands come high). 1938 2 Apr. 9/1 We are to have an orchestra—‘a name-band by all means’. 1996 C. J. Stone xiv. 210 Hawkwind were the name band that had put their influence behind several of the festivals. society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > conductor or leader > [noun] > leader of band 1958 P. Gammond xix. 236 The year 1951 saw the return to Britain of pre-war ‘name’ bandleader, Roy Fox. 1884 F. J. Britten (new ed.) 180 Name Bar, the bar carrying the upper end of a watch barrel arbor. society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > labelling > [noun] > label, tag, or ticket > name-board 1842 5 104/1 That part of a pianoforte, harpsichord, or other the like instrument, commonly called the name board. 1846 A. Young at Arch-board On this, or more commonly on a board called the name-board, fitted above it, the ship's name is painted. 1955 J. Cope i. 24 The turn-off to the Boer farm was a gap in the bush at the roadside, no gate or fence or name-board. 1979 7 479/1 The nameboards before 1774 are vertical, while those of the 1774 and 1785 instruments slope backwards at the bottom. 1995 Apr. 19/1 It's sufficient to show the train approaching the platform, maybe with a pan to or from the station name board. society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > particular class of 1944 7 Aug. 38/2 Five times in five minutes the cigaret-counter girl at a Walgreen store in Chicago repeated wearily, ‘We have no name brands.’ 1979 31 Mar. 7 Your hair generally comes out rather differently from those places that wrench tresses into either a unisex or a name brand look. 1999 19 Mar. 28/2 She..writes that a ‘few essays by a handful of name brand critics have become more important than the field itself’. society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > labelling > [noun] > label, tag, or ticket > name tag, tape, or stick 1798 F. Burney (1846) VI. 202 Captain Dickenson, as his name-card says. 1827 P. Cunningham II. xxiv. 120 The name-cards are elegantly printed by our colonial press. 1920 E. Wharton xxxiii. 331 Mrs. Archer had turned her attention to the name-cards for the table. 1994 6 Oct. 471/2 Those who are so inclined can..proudly proclaim their e-mail addresses on the name-cards. the mind > language > naming > nomenclature or terminology > [noun] 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in iii. f. ccclv In that denomynacion I wol me acorde to other mens tonges, in that name clepyng. society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > puzzle > [noun] > other word puzzles 1631 J. Weever 277 An vsual fashion in former times..which they call rebus, or name-deuises. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > part or character > [noun] > principal character 1894 11 Sept. 3/3 It had been intended..that Miss Letty Lind should take the name part. 1936 25 Jan. 73/2 But Reid, after all, is in the ‘name-part’. 1997 I. Sinclair (1998) 316 A rehearsal for the name part in Petit's future novel Robinson. society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > types of narrative or story generally > [noun] > story from which volume takes title 1882 Mar. 789 In the name-piece of the current collection, ‘A Home Idyl’,..the poetry wears very thin. 1924 24 Apr. 4 The name-piece of the volume is a genealogical..account of this branch of the..family. 1960 14 374 The name piece.., a review of Stevenson's Letters, manages..to get as close to R.L.S. as the suppressions of the Colvin editions permitted. society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > [noun] > book of poems > title-poem 1884 July 465 We give a few stanzas from the name-poem which are certainly strong work. 1958 E. Blunden 29 The name-poem is one of the great achievements. 1947 10 277 One might run an acquaintance or a name-recognition poll in a community. 1973 21 Oct. 1/7 Among their findings:..that Hofheinz has the highest name recognition, but also a greater negative reaction from voters. 1995 Nov. 48/1 PR..gives name recognition and branding to the firm. society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > types of narrative or story generally > [noun] > story from which volume takes title 1894 June 665 Perhaps it is because of the first story, the name-story, that the Pacific critic is disposed to look upon this volume with gentle eye. 1936 25 Jan. 76/4 His ‘name-story’ is of a poor Australian woman who marries an Afghan trader. society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > labelling > [noun] > label, tag, or ticket > name tag, tape, or stick 1960 V. Jenkins vi. 95 Mother was almost sewing on name-tabs at the airport. 1980 F. Muir in F. Muir & D. Norden 62 I will have a collar made for her, with a name tab. society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > labelling > [noun] > label, tag, or ticket > name tag, tape, or stick 1908 W. H. Baker 167 Name tag, a leather or metal adjunct to traveling luggage, carrying name and address of the owner. 1953 A. Upfield iv. 36 On some of her clothes is a name tag with the initials P.R. overlaid on others which could be J.O. or J.U. 1993 20 Feb. b8/1 Name tag placement, business cards at the ready and a warm handshake are only the first steps toward a successful adventure in networking. society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > labelling > [noun] > label, tag, or ticket > name tag, tape, or stick 1876 (U.S. Centennial Comm.) 147/1 Browett, Frederick, & Co., Coventry.—Cambric frillings, curtain borders, dress trimmings, woven name tapes, and mantles. 1932 E. Bowen v. 45 She stitched name-tapes on to her new summer-term outfit. 1989 T. Tryon ii. i. 67 There is no time to sew nametapes in your things. society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > labelling > [adjective] > bearing a name-tape 1964 E. Bowen ii. vii. 152 Her mackintosh, name-taped as St. Agatha's demanded. the world > the supernatural > the occult > [noun] > one skilled in mystical meaning of names the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by symbols, letters, figures, etc. > [noun] > from names > one who practises 1605 W. Camden i. 35 An Onomanticall or Name-wisard Iew. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). namev. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian namia , nomia , Middle Dutch namen , Old Saxon namōn , Old High German namōn (Middle High German namen ) < the Germanic base of name n. Compare (from an ablaut variant (lengthened o-grade) of the same base) Old Frisian nōmia , Dutch noemen , Middle Low German nȫmen , noemen , nommen , etc., Middle High German nuomen , nuemen , nūmen , and (from the same base with i-mutation) nemn v.In Old English the prefixed forms genamian , genomian are also attested:OE (Northumbrian) Liturgical Texts (Durham Ritual) in A. H. Thompson & U. Lindelöf Rituale Ecclesiae Dunelmensis (1927) 146 Iesum christum qui XII apostolos nominauit nominibus : crist se ðe tuoelf ap'las genomade nomum.OE Ælfric Old Eng. Hexateuch: Gen. (Claud.) ii. 20 Adam ða genamode ealle nytenu heora naman, & ealle fugelas & ealle wildeor.OE Ælfric Homily: De Populo Israhel (Hatton 115) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1968) II. 647 Moyses þa genamode of ðam twelf mægðum twelf heafodmenn. However, the usual word in Old English and Middle English is nemn v. Middle English forms in -u- are perhaps reverse spellings, arising from the practice of writing -o- for -u- in a run of minims. I. To give a name to, to call by a name. 1. the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > call or give as name to OE Wulfstan (Hatton 113) (1957) 223 Mercuries sunu, þe hi Oðon namiað. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) iv. 468 (MED) Thus Iphis Thei namede him. 1485 (Caxton) i. iii–v. sig. a.iij He..made an holy man to crysten hym, and named hym Arthur. 1526 W. Bonde Pref. sig. Ai The cause why we name this treatise the pilgremage of perfeccion. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda i. ii. 6 Afterward they named it the Iland of Sancta Hælena. 1637 J. Milton 3 A Son..Whom..she brought up and Comus nam'd. 1742 A. Pope 401 I rear'd this flow'r,..Then thron'd in glass, and nam'd it Caroline. 1781 W. Cowper 3 Whether we name thee Charity or Love. 1839 T. Keightley (new ed.) I. 52 The province was named Normandy from the Northmen. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato (ed. 2) I. 441 There is a virtue, Simmias, which is named courage. 1913 J. Muir v. 183 One of our fields was named Badger Hill from the number of badger holes in a hill at the end of it. 1991 K. Vonnegut xvii. 180 The trouble I caused translators by naming a book Jailbird is worth an essay by itself. OE Wulfstan (Hatton 113) (1957) 222 Se Iouis wearð swa swyðe gal þæt he on his agenre swyster gewifode, seo wæs genamod Iuno. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) Prol. 87 (MED) This bok..I sende unto myn oghne lord, Which of Lancastre is Henri named. a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate (Arun.) (1911) 1211 (MED) The eldest called was Argyve, Deyfyle ynamed the seconde. 1490 W. Caxton tr. vi. 25 His sone, named pygmaleon, succeded hym. 1530 J. Palsgrave 643/2 Howe is he named more than Johan? c1540 (?a1400) 7305 A lyuely yong knight..nomet Boethes. 1608 W. Shakespeare i. 261 I..am most loath to call your faults As they are named . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton i. 80 One..Long after known in Palestine, and nam'd Bëëlzebub. View more context for this quotation 1713 A. Pope 8 A rural Nymph..the fair Lodona nam'd. 1781 W. Cowper 550 That monument of ancient power, Named with emphatic dignity, the Tower. 1855 T. B. Macaulay III. xii. 151 Another brother, named Richard, had, in foreign service, gained some military experience. 1892 G. Grossmith & W. Grossmith 197 Frank..had a friend waiting outside for him, named Murray Posh. 1958 J. Symons vii. 37 There's a geezer I know named Twisty Dodds. 1996 T. Clancy iv. 60 The White House Protocol Office was headed by a lady named Judy Simmons. the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > name after the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > call or give as name to > by right name c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Eph. iii. 15 The fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, of whom ech fadirheed in heuenes and in erthe is named. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich (1904) I. l. 991 (MED) Jt named scholde j-be aftyr his grauntfadyr. a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk (Claud.) (1974) 586 Ȝef þe chylde haue nome by-fore, Lete hyt stonde in goddes ore, And ȝet hyt haue not, lete name hyt þare. a1450 (1885) 2 (MED) I name þe for Lucifer, als berar of lyghte. a1500 (?c1425) (1936) 174 (MED) The shippe drowe to Spayne in the kyngdom of Lupie. And that tyme there was in Spayne a queene namyd Lupie after it. 1535 2 Chron. vii. 13 To humble my people, which is named after my name. 1549 (STC 16267) Publyke Baptisme f. iiii*v Then the priest..naming the childe, shall dyppe it in the water thryse. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie (1888) I. 12 Nidisdale sa named frome the water of Nid. 1609 W. Shakespeare xiii. 13 My gentle babe Marina, Whom, for she was borne at sea, I haue named so. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton ii. 579 Cocytus, nam'd of lamentation loud Heard on the ruful stream. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis iii, in tr. Virgil 268 Enos, nam'd from me, the City [I] call. 1733 A. Pope 6 Behold! there came A Thing which Adam had been pos'd to name. 1800 H. Wells i. 7 Louisa, who had been named for the mother of Mr. Hayman. a1822 P. B. Shelley Cyclops in (1824) 361 My father named me so. 1842 R. I. Wilberforce 97 Porphyry,..whom, I suppose, you have named after the great philosopher. 1872 J. Ruskin §66 The stars already named and numbered are as many as we require to hear of. 1875 J. R. Lowell viii Virginia, fitly named from England's manly queen! 1915 L. M. Montgomery xii. 116 Have you named all the characters?.. If you hadn't I was going to ask you to let me name one... I'd feel as if I had a share in the story then. 1930 G. Ade 20 Aug. (1973) 147 At one time he [sc. Peter VanRensselaer] owned thousands of acres in this region and the city of Rensselaer is named for him. 1957 A. Nesbitt i. iv. 27 Carlovingian writing was named after the dynasty of which Carl the Great is the chief representative. 1964 N. G. Clark xiii. 259 The simplest method of naming these compounds is to call them alkyl cyanides. 1987 S. Weintraub (1988) iv. 78 The Princess was given the honours of naming the new bridge over the Dee. 1996 R. Mabey 151/1 (caption) The semi-transparent seed-pods of honesty, which was probably named from their ‘see-through’ quality. 2. the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > entitle the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > make specific [verb (transitive)] > specify or state precisely > by name OE Ælfric Interrogationes Sigewulfi in Genesin (Corpus Cambr. 162) xiii, in (1884) 7 8 Hwi namode crist on his godspelle, abel rihtwisne to foran oðrum? c1384 (Douce 369(2)) 1 Macc. x. 1 Alisaundre, sone of Antiochus, that is named [L. cognominatus est] noble. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 9823 Þe stalworth godd man sal him num [a1400 Gött. numme; a1400 Trin. Cambr. nome]. 1430–1 IV. 375/2 Ther as Alianore..pretendyng, namyng and affermyng herself Doghter and heir to ye said Edmond late Erle of Kent. a1470 T. Malory (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 377 Sir Launcelott du Lake..was that tyme named for the mervaylyste knyght of the worlde. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre (1913) 7 Fro thenne forthon he named him his broder. c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 550 in W. M. Metcalfe (1896) I. 23 Of þe blame, þat lytil befor tholit he Of thame namyt of galele. a1500 ( (1991) 112 Þe..princypalle syn most reynethe in þis realme universally amonges þees prowde men namyng þemselfe galandis. 1535 Isa. lxi. A Ye shalbe named the prestes of the Lorde. 1598 W. Shakespeare i. ii. 18 As an appertinent title to your olde time, which we may name tough. View more context for this quotation a1607 H. Chettle (1631) sig. B3 What though for this..he was nam'd A prescript out law. c1650 J. Spalding (1851) II. 173 Mr Archibald Johnstoun..who was named my lord. 1733 A. Pope i. 280 Cease then, nor Order Imperfection name. 1818 P. B. Shelley 2 Silence! Oh, well are Death and Sleep and Thou Three brethren named. 1869 T. T. Lynch 17 Name them bishops, or name them not bishops, you will still have chief men. 1962 K. Amis in 3 The journal of some bunch of architects Named this the worst town centre they could find. 1990 10 Oct. f5/1 Clint Black..was named best male vocalist after winning the best newcomer award last year. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > have a good reputation [verb (intransitive)] a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) iii. 1599 Sche, that hath evere be wel named. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) vii. 5252 Sche were schamed And I therof were evele named. a1464 J. Capgrave (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 87 In his tyme was not Flaundres so rich ne so grete-named as it is now. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara (1546) sig. G.v My sonne in lawe is greatly desyred, loued and wel named amonge the common people. the mind > language > statement > assertion without proof > [verb (transitive)] > a person or thing to be (something) c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 108 It is to lewde a truste to name his lijf to be sure ayens þe perellis of þis worlde. a1470 T. Malory (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 664 Corsabryne..named her that she was oute of her mynde. 1569 R. Grafton II. 342 Sir John Froyssart nameth one John Ball to be a chiefe Captaine. 1591 in J. Raine (1845) 332 [He] did then jussell upon a strainger naymed to be a Duke. 1639 H. Spelman tr. Responsio Abbatis Bangor in 108 Other obedience than this I do not know due, to him whom you name to be Pope. 1551 R. Record i. xxvii The circle is not named to be drawen in a triangle, because it doth not touche the sides of the triangle. II. To nominate, appoint. 3. society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > nominate the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise, vow, or pledge [verb (intransitive)] > promise something to someone OE Ælfric (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxxiv. 288 Þa asprang þæs caseres geban þæt ðæra cempena bearn þe forealdode wæron, wurdon genamode to ðam ylcan gewinne þe heora fæderas on wæron. lOE (Rochester) vi. x. 181 Beforan þam arcebiscope & eallum þam bisceopan & his witum, þe se cyng silf namode. lOE (Rochester) i. i. §4. 138 Gif he ðonne ne mehte, ðonne namede him man VI men on ðam ylcan geburhscipe, þe he on hamfæst wære. 1429 IV. 343/1 Yat the Knyghtes of the Shires..may be auctorite aforesaid, namen the persons Collectours, which were by Commission assigned before in the seide Commissions. c1450 J. Lydgate (Rylands) f. 172v How Robert duk of Normandie..was named to the crowne of Ierusalem. 1496–7 c. 13 §1 The seid orderours and assessours..shall name Collectours for the levye of the same aide. 1542–3 c. 27 §56 Such persons, as shalbe named to be iustices of peace. 1552 in J. H. Burton (1877) 1st Ser. I. 130 Gif the Lord neames his tennent and chargis to mak him in reddiness to compeir. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. iv. 31 He is already nam'd, and gone to Scone To be inuested. View more context for this quotation 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot i. 81 Hisouf Basha..was declared Mansoul, and Kaidar Zada named in his place. 1726 R. Wodrow (1843) III. 240 The Assembly came to the choice of the new Moderator, and Mr. Mitchell..was named by the Commissioner. 1799 T. Jefferson (1893–9) VII. 362 In the meantime, a consul general is named to St. Domingo. 1831 563/1 A malignant Ministry..names him to a Bishopric. 1874 J. R. Green viii. §10. 568 Though the members of the Council were originally named by him, each member was irremovable save by consent of the rest. 1905 4 Dec. 3 Mr King has been named consul at Aix la Chapelle. 1949 23 Feb. i. 10/6 Price was named to the position of principal of the new school. 1990 1 Mar. 28/3 Philip's widow, Mariana, had been named as regent for their sickly son. c1485 ( G. Hay (2005) 225 The preuilege was specialy namyt to the ox. 1523 Queen Margaret of Scotl. Let. (modernized text) in M. A. E. Wood (1846) I. 301 The cause of this is about the benefices, for the governor hath named them to sundry persons, but he..holdeth them in his hands. the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > express choice [verb (intransitive)] > by some approved means 1566 in T. Fowler (1893) 111 He hath lost his right of the Colledge for refusinge to name diffinitivelye in Mr. Belly's matter. III. To mention, specify by name. 5. the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > mention by name > specifically a person OE Ælfric (Julius) (1881) I. 204 Quintianus cwæð, to þam clænum mædene, git þu namast crist? OE Ælfric (Julius) (1881) I. 212 Nu bidde ic þe..þæt þu nanne brydguman næfre me ne namige. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) i. 3394 (MED) The knyht also, if I schal name, Danz Petro hihte. a1400 (a1325) (Trin. Cambr.) 5162 Whenne iacob in bed þat lay herde Ioseph named [a1400 Vesp. Herd þam neuen ioseph] þat day. 1535 1 Sam. xxviii. 8 Bringe me him vp whom I shal name vnto thee. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. xliiijv Herin he named no nation. 1572 (a1500) (1882) 505 He namit na mair the, Nor ane vther man to me. 1600 W. Shakespeare i. ii. 35 Now, name the rest of the Players. View more context for this quotation c1626 H. Bisset (1922) II. 295 All thrie quhilk wrait the catalog of these disciples dois naim no suich one. 1630 in tr. G. Botero (rev. ed.) To Rdr. sig. A2v Some of our owne have beene more ingenuous, to name him when they quote him: and thats faire play. 1711 R. Steele No. 254. ⁋5 I..never hear him named but with Pleasure and Emotion. 1817 W. Selwyn (ed. 4) II. 949 If two ports of discharge are named in the policy [etc.]. 1850 Ld. Tennyson ii. 2 Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the under-lying dead. View more context for this quotation 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato (ed. 2) I. 296 Tell me to whom among the Athenians he should go. Whom would you name? 1945 27 Sept. 1/4 Seven ships have been named as bringing repatriates home to Britain. 1957 T. Gunn 25 She takes her sewing up, and he again Names to her son the deserts on the globe. 1987 J. Smith vii. 98 The man, who has not been named, was taken to police headquarters yesterday. a1500 (?c1450) 319 (MED) Gentill sir..for I can not yet yow namen..receive here my doughter to be youre wif. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. ii. 337 Thou..wouldst..teach me how To name the bigger Light, and how the lesse. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. ii. 386 There is a sicknesse Which puts some of vs in distemper, but I cannot name the Disease. View more context for this quotation 1685 in J. G. Dunlop (1953) III. 17 Ther is good stor of kiene and shiep sume goats sume swien..and many sorts of tries which I cannot neam. 1786 R. Burns Holy Fair iv, in 42 I'm sure I've seen that bonie face, But yet I canna name ye. 1846 J. Keble 24 Easier each hour the task will grow, To name the unfolding flower. 1910 J. Buchan vii. 74 I can name one..a litle yellow Portugoose, who calls himself Henriques or Hendricks. 1994 2 June (Chef Suppl.) 14/2 We always say to customers that if they can name each leaf in their salad they can have the meal on the house. the mind > language > naming > name [verb (reflexive)] > announce name 1600 W. Shakespeare ii. ii. 103 Iohn Falstaffe Knight, euery man must know that as oft as he has occasion to name himselfe. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. v. 58 Necessitie commands me name my selfe. View more context for this quotation 1882 R. L. Stevenson II. 124 He heard a movement overhead, a door opening, and a cautious voice asking who was there. The poet named himself in a loud whisper. the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] > by naming > in parliament the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > dispraise or discommend [verb (transitive)] > censure or condemn > in House of Commons 1792 30 113 The Speaker..stated that..he was now compelled to name the member that had given this interruption. 1810 35 302 The Speaker..felt very sorry that it would become his duty to name him. 1881 3rd Ser. 258 68 Mr. Speaker, In the terms of the standing order, I Name you..as wilfully disregarding the authority of the Chair. 1901 G. B. Shaw Capt. Brassbound's Conversion ii, in 245 Brandyfaced Jack: I name you for conduct and language unbecoming to a gentleman. 1928 15 July 11/3 Socialist back-benchers are playing a dangerous game of ‘last across’ with Mr. Speaker—just seeing how far they can go at question time without being ‘named’. 1984 18 July 1/2 He was then named by the Speaker and the House voted by 218 to 84..for the MP's five-day suspension. 1817 1st Ser. 279 Loud cries of hear, hear, name, name, order. 1859 C. Reade II. 244 Who told you that, aunt? Name; as they say in the House. 1866 C. Dickens Mugby Junction iii, in 10 Dec. (Extra Christmas No.) 19/1 Miss Piff, trembling with indignation, called out: ‘Name!’ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > divorce or dissolution > dissolve (a marriage) [verb (transitive)] > cite as co-respondent 1910 51 838 It was..out of the question for them to marry, as he had been named as a co-respondent. 1928 D. H. Lawrence xviii. 339 Perhaps she could get divorced from Clifford. But how? If Mellors were named, then there was an end to his divorce. 1971 A. Hunter ii. 11 Laing divorced her, naming Berney. 1977 R. Rendell xiii. 104 She goes about telling people Jeffrey divorced me and named you, and that he's a dipsomaniac and all sorts of things. 1993 A. Morton (BNC) 30 He had been named in divorce proceedings by the Earl of Dartmouth. the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] > by naming > as politically unsound 1950 9 Mar. 5/3 Senator McCarthy has been ordered by Senator Tydings..to name to-morrow the high State Department official who he has alleged in the Senate intervened to protect an employee who was regarded as a bad security risk. 1952 31 May 581/3 He [sc. Mr E. S. Sachs] has been ‘named’ by the Minister of Justice as a Communist under the Suppression of Communism Act. 1957 S. Adler xv. 461 He was unable to substantiate these charges by naming one Communist survivor of the Truman purge. 1958 G. M. Carter ii. ii. 65 The Minister could then forbid those ‘named’ to take part in any specified organization. 1979 N. Gordimer 138 She was unsure whether or not I was banned from gatherings in addition to being named. 1987 tr. M. Gorbachev i. ii. 62 We did not strive to only criticize the past and name an official or two. Does the essence of the matter lie only in naming someone? 6. the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > mention by name OE (Julius) (1994) 53 Ða ne gecneow se portgerefa þara namena nan ðing þe he þær namode. OE Wulfstan (Hatton) 201 Ne þu þines Drihtnes naman ne namie on idel. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) 2 Tim. ii. 19 Ech man that nameth the name of the Lord departith fro wickidnesse. a1530 W. Bonde (1531) iii. f. CCxixv Thy holy name is inuocate & named vpon vs. 1598 W. Shakespeare iii. i. 161 When tongues speake sweetely, then they name her name. View more context for this quotation 1715 D. Defoe I. i. i. 27 It is a..profane thing to name his Name on slight Occasions. a1822 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Mercury x, in (1824) 298 Still scoffing at the scandal, And naming his own name. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in 81 That night, that moment, when she named his name. 1890 M. Oliphant II. iii. 51 But to cut off a daughter—..never to see her or name her name, oh, that's hard! 1989 P. Lewis (BNC) ‘Surely there must be some way for a person falsely accused of disloyalty to clear his name..? What more can I do?’ There was, of course, something—name some names of those who had duped him, and he duly did. the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] 1595 W. Shakespeare v. v. 57 Whats worse then tyrant that I maie name. 1598 W. Shakespeare v. ii. 239 Duman. Will you vouchsafe with me to change a word? Maria. Name it. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. ii. 33 As if we should forget we had no hands: If Marcus did not name the word of hands. 1659 C. Simpson 48 C. may begin some Point of Division, of the length of a Breve, or Semibreve, naming the Word Breve, or Semibreve, by which B. may know his Intention. 1853 W. Blair 62 A little gilpie o' a chap cudna name the word. 7. the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > mention by name > specifically a thing the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > make specific [verb (transitive)] > specify or state precisely > by name > specifically a thing c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Eph. v. 3 Fornycacioun..and al vnclennesse..be not named in ȝou. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock (1921) 22 Which xxiij poyntis ben named in an oþir maner þus: To god goostlines, obedience, [etc.]. a1500 (c1477) T. Norton (BL Add.) (1975) 1910 (MED) Ye shalle see Alle colours at ons that named may be. 1535 1 Cor. v. A Soch whordome, as is not once named amonge the Heythen [amōge in text]. 1609 W. Shakespeare xxii. 53 Did you not name a tempest, a birth, and death? View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton 674 Nor do I name of men the common rout. View more context for this quotation 1733 A. Pope ii. 179 Nor Virtue, Male or Female, can we name, But what will grow on Pride, or grow on Shame. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in 237 The woes that fear or shame..forbade them once to name. 1819 P. B. Shelley iv. iv. 76 The crimes which mortal tongue dare never name. 1860 E. B. Pusey 582 To name evil is a temptation to evil. 1902 H. James iii. 77 What has he done, if no one can name it? 1989 O. S. Card i. 9 Cavil hardly dared to name the secretest desire of his heart. the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > mention or speak of the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > mention or speak of > mention briefly or casually society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [phrase] > recorded as (or not as) a member 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus f. 196v The same is named on diverse others as well as on Alexander. 1600 W. Shakespeare iv. iii. 42 He..Shall stand a tiptoe when this day is named. 1617 F. Moryson i. 228 I was troubled with loosenesse of body, whereof I made good use, as I shall hereafter shew, which makes me name it. 1669 S. Sturmy iv. viii. 218 This Rule will not be impertinent to this Place, being not named before. 1719 D. Defoe 251 My Fellow Traveller and I, had different Notions; I do not name this, to insist upon my own. 1729 A. Pope 28 Nov. (1956) III. 81 I was once displeas'd before at you, for complaining to Mr. Dodington of my not having a pension, and am so again at your naming it to a certain Lord. 1856 in N. E. Eliason (1956) 284 Nelson named to me that master wishes. 1874 J. R. Green ii. §8. 106 The measures we have named were only part of Henry's legislation. 1926 E. M. Roberts 122 I studied a heap about the stars, since you named it. 1951 H. Giles xv. 123 After that we didn't see much of Ben, and I reckon none of us missed him. The fight was never named. 1971 G. Mitchell 32 You can name drums and get a bigger crowd with 'em at just a picnic or most any kind of entertainment. the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > find or furnish an instance or example of [verb (transitive)] > cite as an instance or example 1597 W. Shakespeare iv. iv. 174 What comfortable houre canst thou name That euer grac't me in thy companie. View more context for this quotation 1690 J. Locke i. ii. 11 I would gladly have any one name that Proposition, whose Terms or Idea's were either of them innate. 1722 D. Defoe 23 I shall Name but a few of these Things; but sure they were so many. 1874 A. Trollope I. i. 11 Can you name a single Parliamentary aspirant who has been made to suffer? 1896 XLVII. 157/2 Robertson, Hume..Jeffrey, and Walter Scott were of the company, to name but the more famous. 1900 H. James in Jan. ‘Le Colonel Chabert’, for instance, ‘Le Curé de Tours’, ‘L'Interdiction’, ‘La Messe de l'Athée’ (to name but a few). 1925 July 344/2 It would be difficult to name a single non-migrating native who had become a national hero. 1968 J. Arnold 280 The figures represented by [Corn] Dollies cover a considerable variety... We may name a few... The Horn of Plenty,..the Staffordshire Knot, [etc.]. 1981 June 25/1 The festivities of June include weddings, graduations and Father's Day, to name but three. 1994 Jan. 22/2 White bears..share the island with black wolves, river otters, eagles and sitka deer, to name only a few species. the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > make specific [verb (transitive)] > deal with or relate in detail > give particulars of 1608 W. Shakespeare i. 66 I find she names my very deed of loue, onely she came short. View more context for this quotation 1733 A. Pope 11 He names the Price for ev'ry Office paid. 1850 Ld. Tennyson xci. 136 Hear The wish too strong for words to name . View more context for this quotation 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in 12 Annie, the ship I sail in passes here (He named the day). 1986 Aug. 3 Name agent, parts played, theatres worked,..singing range. 8. the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > make specific [verb (transitive)] > specify or state precisely > as something desired or decided upon 1597 W. Shakespeare iii. iv. 18 But you my noble Lo: may name the time. View more context for this quotation 1608 W. Shakespeare iv. i. 294 Rich. Ile begge one boone... Bull. Name it faire Coosin. 1611 Gen. xxiii. 16 Abraham weighed to Ephron the siluer, which he had named . View more context for this quotation 1638 Earl of Manchester in (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 278 To name 24l. a month..is so poor and mean an offer. 1707 S. Centlivre iv. 53 Name your Time when I may see this fair Incognita. 1778 F. Burney III. xx. 232 If there is any thing I can name which he can do for me. 1826 iii. ii. 31 I will follow you, or do you name the time. 1857 G. H. Boker (ed. 2) 245 Let him but trade with me; I'll name a price. 1917 E. Wharton xv. 214 He spoke positively of his intention of coming back, but named no date. 1997 Sept. 210/2 He named a figure, and my artisitic integrity went west. society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time of wedding > fix wedding day [verb (intransitive)] 1729 C. Cibber i. 16 Call first the Priest, and name the Day. 1748 S. Richardson IV. xlv. 258 It was time enough to name the day, when the settlements were completed, and the licence obtained. 1836 C. Dickens 1st Ser. II. 66 I am quite sure that I never could..name the day to my future husband. 1863 C. Reade xxxiv Then he made hot love to her, and pressed her hard to name the day. 1922 E. Nesbit 18 I love you hot as fire, my girl, and you know you know it too. So won't you name the day? 1990 I. Young (BNC) 122 Several days later he still could not name the day. the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (transitive)] 1609 B. Jonson in A. Perrabosco sig. A2v They were not to be nam'd, on the same day. a1641 R. Montagu (1642) 37 But nor he (Abraham) nor he (David) to be named in the same day with our Saviour. 1694 W. Congreve iii. i. 35 Sir Paul... You may talk of my Lady Froth. Care. O fie, fie, not to be named of a day. 1839 J. G. Lockhart (1900) I. 275 That Scott..was not to be named as a table-companion in the same day with this or that master of..dissertation. 10. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep quiet about [phrase] 1692 T. Southerne v. ii. 51 No naming Names, good Wellvile. 1697 J. Vanbrugh iii. 54 Don't press me then to name Names; for that I have sworn I won't do. 1763 A. B. Let. 7 May in 33 246 Whether a Secretary of State can grant a general warrant against authors, printers, and publishers, without naming any names. 1792 F. Burney June (1972) I. 212 She desired he would name no names, but merely mention that some ladies had been frightened. 1843 C. Dickens (1844) iv. 46 Naming no names, and therefore hurting nobody but those whose consciences tell them they are alluded to. 1888 R. Kipling 2 Av coorse I will name no names, for there's wan that's an orf'cer's lady now, that was in ut. 1908 K. Grahame iv. 89 The Wild Wood is pretty well populated by now; with all the usual lot, good, bad and indifferent—I name no names. 1963 17 Aug. 589/1 A former member of organised crime's ruling body, Mr Joseph Valachi, has named names and drawn a master plan of the syndicate. 2000 16 May i. 4/5 A telephone hotline will..enable the public to name names in the fight against counterfeiters. society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] > what is bad 1978 9 May 13/4 The parents of these young villains should be named and shamed into accepting their responsibilities. 1996 (Nexis) 15 June 8 He tells Molly there are 20 million land mines in Angola alone... She finds a cause in naming and shaming those responsible. 1999 Summer 7/2 Friends of the Earth's Factory Watch Campaign..named and shamed some 100 companies that release large quantities of cancer-causing chemicals. 2004 H. Kennedy (2005) xii. 253 The case..raised fundamental questions not just about the stigmatisation of those name and shamed, but also about the purpose of the judicial process. the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > everything is available or has been done 1962 J. Braine xviii. 213 You name the drink, we have it.] 1964 M. S. Allwood 137 American. You name it! British... or whatever you like. 1969 N. Freeling vii. 45 What sort of world are they born into anywhere?—hunger, napalm, you name it and we've got it. 1973 22 Jan. 9/2 At that time the cops knew me. You name it, I'd done it. 1982 A. Maupin 119 He showed up on my doorstep with fourteen different fantasy costumes... Leather, cowboy stuff, bandannas out the ass, tit clamps,..you name it. 1990 13 Sept. 37/2 Trotting without stirrups, jumping, bareback riding—you name it, they tried it! 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