nominateadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈnɒmᵻneɪt/,

/ˈnɒmᵻnət/, U.S.

/ˈnɑməˌneɪt/,

/ˈnɑmᵻnət/

Forms: Middle English–1600s nominat, Middle English–1500s nomynate, 1500s– nominate; also Scottish pre-1700 nominait.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nōminātus.

Etymology: < classical Latin nōminātus named, called, mentioned, nominated, past participle of nōmināre nominate v. Compare -ate suffix² and nominated adj.

A. adj.

†1.

a. Named, called, entitled. Obsolete.Sometimes used as past participle.

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the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called

ycleptc950

nominatec1450

by the name of1472

named1532

called1538

nuncupate1548

nuncupative1548

christened1564

denominate1579

styleda1625

of the name of1728

onymous1775

appellatived1828

c1450 J. Capgrave Solace of Pilgrims (Bodl. 423) (1911) 34 (MED) The collise..was a temple of grete heith and brede nominat and consecrate on to þe sunne.

1491 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 228/1 He and his airis to be callit & nominat Lord Ogilby of Arely.

?c1500 Conversion of St. Paul (Digby) 414 By name I am nominate the god belyall.

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxi. sig. h.i The yssue..Was a noble prynce, nomynate Colrede.

1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Dii As I being properly nominate Iuste, Am here associate with contentation.

1623 R. Aylett Ioseph 45 They vp vnto a goodly citty mount, Where stood a goodly temple dedicate, To Iupiter, thence Casius nominate.

b. Scottish. Known or mentioned by name; noted. Cf. nominated adj. 2. Obsolete.

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the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > mentioned by name

namedc1443

nominate1568

1568 in J. Hosack Mary Queen of Scots (1869) I. 539 The nominat and knawin murtherar of hir husband.

1583 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 621 The uthers persones quhilkes wer present specialie nominat in the uther tickit gevin to us.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 56 The maist nominat amang thame is this.

2. Chiefly Scots Law. Nominated or appointed to an office or title. Cf. nominated adj. 1. Frequently as postmodifier.

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society > authority > office > appointment to office > [adjective] > appointed by nomination

nominate?1457

nominated1548

nominative1660

?1457 J. Hardyng Chron. (Lansd.) in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1912) 27 747 (MED) Yit helde he than a countenaunce and estate With hym that was a baron nomynate.

1546 in W. Page Certificates Chantries County of York (1895) II. 276 Incumbent..nominate by the mayor and bretherne.

1662 in J. Gilmour & D. Falconer Coll. Decis. Lords of Council (1701) i. 18 Sir George Seton who was one of the tutors-testamentars nominat and accepting to this earl.

1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. vi. §5. 56 There be three kinds of Tutors... The first is, Tutor Testamentar, or nominate.

a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. i. vii. §1 114 With us tutors are either testamentory, otherwise called nominate, or of law, or dative.

1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 395 The executor, in the former case, being called an executor-nominate.

1872–3 Chambers Encycl. 601/2 A tutor dative is named by the crown when there is no tutor nominate or tutor at law.

1952 D. M. Jones Anathemata vii. 187 Lucius Ælius Lamia nominate legate of Syria still not posted.

1967 Hist. Jrnl. 10 19 It [sc. a newsletter] confuses Lake, bishop-nominate of Man, with Dr. Edward Lake, chaplain to York and tutor to Anne.

1989 D. M. Walker Princ. Sc. Private Law (ed. 4) iv. 230 The court may refuse to confirm an executor-nominate and appoint a judicial factor on the estate.

†a. Of the nature of a descriptive name. Obsolete. rare.

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the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [adjective] > of a name descriptive

cognominate1610

nominate1610

notative1842

1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia iii. i. 65 Vocall Propriety denotates the Properties of particulars by due Appellation, which is either Nominate or Cognominate. The first is..either Generall; as Up-land and Maritime..; or Speciall; as Wealdes, Woulds, Plaines.

b. Law. Of a contract, right, etc.: having a name that specifies its nature or scope.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called > with other specific kind of name

own-named1612

new-named1622

surnamed1659

nominate1818

numerical1872

epitheted1880

branded1897

the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > mentioning a name

nominal1788

nominate1880

1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts 18 Those, which have an appropriate denomination and distinctive proper name, denoting their particular effect and esential properties, are nominate or named contracts.

1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 674 A nominate right is a right possessing a nomen juris, the use of which defines its boundaries.

1880 J. Muirhead in tr. Gaius Institutes ii. 118 (note) A nominate disherison..might either precede or follow the institution.

1976 J. A. C. Thomas Textbk. Rom. Law 311 Mandate was the last of the nominate contracts, i.e., those which fell into a recognised legal category.

1989 B. Nicholas in D. Harris & D. Tallon Contract Law Today 18 The French lawyer's first step in interpreting a contract is to ‘qualify’ or characterize it, i.e. to determine whether it falls within the limits of one of the nominate contracts.

4. Zoology. Designating, relating to, or belonging to a subordinate taxon which contains the type of the taxon of which it is a subdivision, and which therefore bears the same name (usually at subspecific or subgeneric rank) or a name differing only in the suffix indicating rank. Cf. nominate species n. 1.In the Internat. Code Zool. Nomencl. (ed. 3) of 1985, nominate is replaced by nominotypical.

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the world > life > biology > taxonomy > [adjective] > higher or lower group

nominate1948

nominotypical1954

1948 A. L. Rand Mammals E. Rockies 100 The Alberta form is the nominate subspecies [of American badger]: Taxidea taxus taxus Schreber.

1964 Internat. Code Zool. Nomencl. (ed. 2) viii. 39 Article 37... The subordinate taxon that contains the type-genus of a subdivided family-group taxon bears the same name as the latter, except for suffix, and is termed the ‘nominate’ subordinate taxon (e.g., nominate subfamily, nominate tribe).

1971 Nature 10 Dec. 360/1 The European stock [of the Atlantic salmon], binominally named by Linnaeus, must become the nominate subspecies and, therefore, should bear the name Salmo salar salar Linnaeus.

1998 Trop. Zool. 11 19 The Afrotropical species of Meloe Linnaeus 1758 are assigned to three subgenera, the nominate subgenus, Eurymeloe Reitter 1911 and Afromeloe Schmidt 1913.

†B. n.

A nominee. Obsolete. rare.

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society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > nomination to office > fact of being nominated > one who is nominated

elite?a1400

electc1425

electee1593

nominate1599

nominee1688

nomination1833

presentee1838

1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 148 After two Monethes imprisonment in the Conclaue [they] were forced to relent and to choose one of his nominates.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

nominatev.

Brit.

/ˈnɒmᵻneɪt/, U.S.

/ˈnɑməˌneɪt/

Forms: 1500s–1600s nominat, 1500s–1600s nomynate, 1500s– nominate, 1600s nomunate; also Scottish pre-1700 naminat (past participle), pre-1700 nominait (past participle), pre-1700 nominat (past participle), pre-1700 nominate (past participle), pre-1700 nominit (past participle), pre-1700 1900s– nominat, pre-1700 1900s– nominate, pre-1700 1900s– nominatt.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin nōmināt-, nōmināre.

Etymology: < classical Latin nōmināt-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix³) of nōmināre to name, call, mention by name, appoint, in post-classical Latin also to fix, determine (12th cent. in British sources) < nōmin- , nōmen name n. Compare earlier nominate adj.

†a. transitive. To call by a particular name; to entitle or designate. Also: to confer a name upon. Cf. name v. 1a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)]

nemneOE

nemela1325

namec1384

to lay a name ona1400

christena1470

nominate1545

baptizec1550

denominate1552

dename?1567

enterm1599

epithet1650

designate1676

nomenclate1801

godfather1879

the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > call or give as name to

nemneOE

clepec1000

hightOE

sayOE

nameOE

yclepec1175

callc1300

nevena1400

deemc1400

christena1470

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term1545

titulea1550

behight1579

benamea1586

inquire1590

nuncupate1609

indigitate1623

font1652

vocitate1653

express1659

appellate1768

nomenclature1824

the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > call or give as name to > designate or style as

sayOE

calla1250

deemc1400

nevenc1425

qualify?1465

designa1500

expound1530

style1570

intenda1599

dub1607

instyle1607

phrase1607

enstyle1616

speaka1625

cognominate1632

determine1653

clapa1657

designate1669

intimate1799

nominate1799

bedub1884

tab1924

1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. E The fourth be nominatyd the ouerthwart muskles.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 4 Theese rancks the Italian dwellers doo nominat altars.

1602 B. Jonson Poetaster v. iii. sig. L4 Rampe vp, my Genius; be not Retrograde: But boldly nominate a Spade, a Spade.

a1632 T. Middleton & J. Webster Any Thing for Quiet Life (1662) i. sig. B2^v She has a Book, which I may truly nominate her black-book.

1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall ii. 19 The City of Norwich..was enlarged, builded, and nominated by the Saxons.

1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 294 We do not nominate them precisely according to what we do then actually know.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson (ed. 3) i. x. 141 This Ocean being nominated Pacific.

1799 C. Cooke in T. Beddoes Contrib. Physical & Med. Knowl. 393 These are all the diseases that can with propriety be nominated constitutional.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. iv. 82 It must stand Munt-grunzie in the stamped paper, being so nominated in the ancient writs and evidents thereof.

1868 A. Helps Realmah (1876) 90 Those animals whom we are pleased to nominate ‘the lower creation’.

b. transitive. To mention or specify by name. Cf. name v. 5a.With quot. 1991 cf. nominated adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > mention by name

nemneOE

anemnOE

nameOE

nevena1400

nominate1570

bename1579

hight1579

namefy1589

personate1592

1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xx. 92 I pans and muse how thay excuse This murther..Quhair it is nominate.

1586 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1882) IV. 461 In name of ane persoun quhome he thocht nocht expedient to nominat.

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 105* I could nominate the man, that could teach the Delphicall Oracle, and the Ægiptian Crocodile to play their parts.

1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 159 I pray you nominate the oathes which are so rife and common amongst vs.

1620 Horæ Subseciuæ 378 There be in this towne multiplicity of Palaces.., of which I will but nominate two.

1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) 13 Consider how many persons have been ruined by play. I could nominate a great many.

1801 E. Helme St. Margaret's Cave III. x. 185 He ordered him to hasten to an obscure part of the city which he exactly nominated.

1847 J. R. McCulloch Descr. & Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire (ed. 3) I. ii. 423 Leases held on the longest of two lives..expire at an average..every 64 years, if boys and girls of 4 years of age are nominated.

1909 A. Bierce Coll. Wks. V. 342 Lend your ears While I for your instruction nominate Some certain wrongs you suffer.

1991 Air Force Mag. June 58/3 There were between fifty and 100 targets nominated—and we said, ‘OK. How would we strike these?’ And we laid out a tasking order for that.

a. transitive. To appoint (a person) by name to hold an office or discharge a duty. Also intransitive. Cf. name v. 3a.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > nominate

nameOE

nevenc1425

nominate1556

design1564

voice1594

designatea1616

tap1952

1556 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 234 The baillies to nominat ane man nychtlie to ourse the said wache.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccclxvj That the king shoulde within .vi. monethes nominate some man to the Bishop of Rome.

1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. lxiii. 128 b First he would nominate him that should remaine in the Indias for Captaine generall.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 976 To honour him the more, [he] nominated him the Generall of his armie against the Persians.

1653 in C. H. Firth Clarke Papers (1899) III. 5 They proceede in nominating persons in the severall counties to sitt as a Counsell.

1688 Pr. of Orange's Declar., w. Animadversions 23 Whether before he nominate, he do not satisfy himself that his Nominê be a Man on whom he may rely.

1757 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. II. 97 They chose seven persons, who should nominate to such commands as became vacant.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. ix. 330 The judges could not meet there..to nominate the sheriffs.

1799 T. Jefferson Let. 26 Jan. in Writings (1984) 1058 When Pinckney, Marshall, and Dana, were nominated to settle our differences with France, it was suspected by many..that their mission would not result in a settlement of differences.

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 114 The decurions, who had nominated a magistrate, were..held bound as sureties for him.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §1. 341 The House of Commons was crowded with members nominated by the Royal Council.

1949 Time 31 Oct. 10/2 Last week the President..nominated two prominent Democratic job-hunters to $15,000-a-year jobs.

1992 Economist 2 May 50/3 Mr Walesa..also nominates the prime minister..and..guides defence and foreign policy.

b. transitive. To propose or formally enter as a candidate for election or for an honour, award, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > choose for office [verb (transitive)] > propose as candidate

purposea1382

nominate1560

propound1573

to put up1573

propose1675

run1765

to hold up1813

1560 J. Knox et al. Buke Discipline in J. Knox Wks. (1848) II. 217 Everie man..shall nominat suche one..maist sufficient to beare suche charge..and thre of them that shalbe oftest nominat shalbe put in edict publictlie.

1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 101 The nomination being ended, the chiefe of the Companies demaunde of the people which of these three thus nominated, they are willing to elect.

1654 Alphonsus i. 10 Should I nominate an other Prince..I may be thought A most ingrateful wretch unto my Friend.

1774 S. Johnson Let. 21 Feb. (1992) II. 127 We are thinking to augment our Club, and I am desirous of nominating you.

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Any member of the assembly or meeting nominates, that is, proposes to the chairman the name of a person whom he desires to have elected.

1857 J. Toulmin Smith Parish (new ed.) 171 It is declared that any person nominated may send in, before the day of election, his refusal to act.

1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues IV. Introd. 75 Any one may challenge the person nominated and start another candidate.

1904 L. Steffens Shame of Cities 155 He nominated cheap or dependent men for the select and common councils.

1975 Calgary (Alberta) Herald 17 May 12 John Allan Cameron hasn't been nominated for an ACTRA Nellie but for..his own half-hour show on the CTV network starting next week.

1985 PTA Today Dec. 3/1 If you have an ongoing program, why not consider nominating it for the President's Reading Award?

c. transitive. Originally Australian (in later use also Canadian). To propose (a person) as a candidate for immigration to one's country, usually undertaking to provide support for the nominee after arrival. Cf. nominated adj. 1b.

ΚΠ

1873 A. Trollope Austral. & N.Z. II. 138 Nominated emigrants would remain—emigrants nominated by friends in the colony.

1928 P. D. Phillips & G. L. Wood Peopling of Austral. 98 Nominated immigrants are those nominated by persons resident in Australia, who undertake to be responsible for them on arrival so that they shall not become a burden on the State.

1967 Internat. Migration Rev. 2 48 A Canadian citizens [sic] or a permanent resident of Canada is entitled to ‘nominate’ his relatives.

2001 Applic. for Migration to Austral. by Partner (Austral. Dept. Immigration & Multicultural Affairs: Form 47SP) 13 I wish to nominate (name of applicant) for permanent residence in Australia.

d. intransitive. Australian Politics. To put oneself forward formally as a candidate for election; to register one's candidacy. Usually with for.

ΚΠ

1953 Sydney Morning Herald 24 Sept. 5/3 Nine people have nominated for Labour Party selection for the Waverley by-election.

1967 Age (Melbourne) 5 Apr. 1/5 [He] is the 15th serviceman to nominate for the state elections on April 29.

1990 Canberra Times 31 Mar. 1/4 Senator McMullan has been lobbying key faction leaders... If that support is not forthcoming, he will nominate on Tuesday anyway.

1998 Traveller Mag. 28 Feb. 43/1 He does not know if he will nominate again in next year's ballot.

a. transitive. To fix, appoint, establish; to specify as something desired or decided upon (cf. name v. 8a). Formerly also †intransitive with for.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint

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teachc897

deemc900

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i-demeOE

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stevenOE

redeOE

willOE

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stablea1300

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determinate1636

inordera1641

state1647

fix1660

direct1816

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

limita1425

nominate1564

name1597

state1658

fix1660

1564 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 197 Richard..said, ‘by my trouth, I will marry the bie such a Day’,—& did nominate the day.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. iii. 148 Let the forfaite be nominated for an equall pound of your faire flesh.

1669 Will of William Prynne in S. Gardiner Documents Proc. against W. Prynne (1877) 98 The somme of tenne pounds, to be imployed..as my nephew..shall nominate and directe.

1680 J. Aubrey Brief Lives (1898) II. 143 Being the challengee it belonged to him to nominate place and weapon.

1716 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 187 Their scruples of keeping the day the King nominates without a church appointment.

1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless IV. iv. 32 Sir Ralph Trusty..had the honour of nominating the day for the celebration of their nuptials.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. iii. 87 ‘It is safe with me,’ said the Outlaw, ‘so be that this thy scroll produce the sum therein nominated and set down.’

1971 C. Bonington Annapurna South Face iv. 49 We have..a game..where you throw a small peg into the air, strike it as far as you can with a stick, and nominate the number of strides a member of the opposing team must take to reach the peg.

1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 18 June 16/3 A judge yesterday ‘nominated’ seven years' jail for a mentally handicapped man found guilty of..manslaughter.

b. transitive. Snooker and Pool. To specify (a ball) as the object ball to be hit next by the cue ball; (also in Pool) to indicate (the set of balls) as the set one will aim to pot; to specify (a pocket) into which one is aiming the next ball. Also intransitive.

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1890 C. C. Moore Games of Pool 87 (heading) Nominating. Previous to making a shot, the player must distinctly call out the number of the ball he intends to pocket.]

1896 J. P. Buchanan Pyramids of Pool Games 79 Whenever there is any doubt, the player must nominate the pool ball at which he intends to play.

1968 Billiards & Snooker (‘Know the Game’ Ser.) 31/1 He must nominate after a foul by his opponent which leaves him snookered on the ball ‘on’. Thus, if he is on a red, and is unable to hit it directly, he may choose (‘nominate’) a colour, as a red.

1988 Pool Mag. July 23/3 I nominate a set of balls..the first time a legal ball is pocketed and one or more of both sets of balls are pocketed during the same shot.

1992 A. R. Taylor Guinness Bk. Trad. Pub Games 89/1 Eight Ball in Britain is a much simpler game than Eight Ball in America, where you must call—or nominate—the object ball you are trying to hit and the pocket you are aiming for.

4. transitive. Horse Racing. To enter (a horse) for a race. Usually with for or (formerly) †with in. Also occasionally intransitive.In quot. 1892 in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > ride horse in race [verb (transitive)] > enter horse for race

start1732

run1797

nominate1859

saddle1884

1859 E. G. Storke Domest. & Rural Affairs iii. 18 The horse was nominated in a stake, at Manchester we believe, with four or five of the best trotters in England.

1879 Bell's Life in London 18 Jan. 6/2 Spark, who has been for a long time on the shelf, has been nominated in this race, as has another four year old, Pero.

1892 A. W. Pinero Magistrate i. 24 You nominated yourself for the Matrimonial Stakes.

1977 N.Z. Herald 8 Jan. i. 9/1 No trainer worthy of the name would nominate for the big race unless his horse was in or on the verge of good form.

1986 Los Angeles Times 14 Feb. iii. 15/2 Seventeen horses had been nominated for the 1¹/ ₈-mile race, but recent rain has made the field questionable.

2001 Scotl. on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 11 Feb. Sheikh Mohammed and his Godolphin..are entering no fewer than 20 horses for the American Triple Crown races, while Aidan O'Brien has nominated 21 entries from Ballydoyle.

5. transitive. To choose (a mare) as suitable for mating to a particular stallion. Also intransitive with to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [verb (transitive)] > breed horses

nominate1950

1950 H. Wynmalen Horse Breeding vi. 109 The considerations set out in the preceding chapter will be found helpful in selecting a suitable stallion to which to nominate our mare.

1972 Harper's Bazaar Apr. 63/1 [The mare] gave the stallion she was nominated to such a hell of a time he wouldn't touch her with a barge-pole.

1987 Christie's (N.Y.) Sale Catal.: Charity Sale for Sportsmen 4 June 11 Each share in a stallion entitles the owner of that share to nominate a mare annually for a service by that stallion or to trade this annual nomination right.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	nominate
释义	nominateadj.n. Brit. /ˈnɒmᵻneɪt/, /ˈnɒmᵻnət/, U.S. /ˈnɑməˌneɪt/, /ˈnɑmᵻnət/ Forms: Middle English–1600s nominat, Middle English–1500s nomynate, 1500s– nominate; also Scottish pre-1700 nominait. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nōminātus. Etymology: < classical Latin nōminātus named, called, mentioned, nominated, past participle of nōmināre nominate v. Compare -ate suffix² and nominated adj. A. adj. †1. a. Named, called, entitled. Obsolete.Sometimes used as past participle. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called ycleptc950 nominatec1450 by the name of1472 named1532 called1538 nuncupate1548 nuncupative1548 christened1564 denominate1579 styleda1625 of the name of1728 onymous1775 appellatived1828 c1450 J. Capgrave Solace of Pilgrims (Bodl. 423) (1911) 34 (MED) The collise..was a temple of grete heith and brede nominat and consecrate on to þe sunne. 1491 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 228/1 He and his airis to be callit & nominat Lord Ogilby of Arely. ?c1500 Conversion of St. Paul (Digby) 414 By name I am nominate the god belyall. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxi. sig. h.i The yssue..Was a noble prynce, nomynate Colrede. 1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Dii As I being properly nominate Iuste, Am here associate with contentation. 1623 R. Aylett Ioseph 45 They vp vnto a goodly citty mount, Where stood a goodly temple dedicate, To Iupiter, thence Casius nominate. b. Scottish. Known or mentioned by name; noted. Cf. nominated adj. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > mentioned by name namedc1443 nominate1568 1568 in J. Hosack Mary Queen of Scots (1869) I. 539 The nominat and knawin murtherar of hir husband. 1583 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 621 The uthers persones quhilkes wer present specialie nominat in the uther tickit gevin to us. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 56 The maist nominat amang thame is this. 2. Chiefly Scots Law. Nominated or appointed to an office or title. Cf. nominated adj. 1. Frequently as postmodifier. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > [adjective] > appointed by nomination nominate?1457 nominated1548 nominative1660 ?1457 J. Hardyng Chron. (Lansd.) in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1912) 27 747 (MED) Yit helde he than a countenaunce and estate With hym that was a baron nomynate. 1546 in W. Page Certificates Chantries County of York (1895) II. 276 Incumbent..nominate by the mayor and bretherne. 1662 in J. Gilmour & D. Falconer Coll. Decis. Lords of Council (1701) i. 18 Sir George Seton who was one of the tutors-testamentars nominat and accepting to this earl. 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. vi. §5. 56 There be three kinds of Tutors... The first is, Tutor Testamentar, or nominate. a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. i. vii. §1 114 With us tutors are either testamentory, otherwise called nominate, or of law, or dative. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 395 The executor, in the former case, being called an executor-nominate. 1872–3 Chambers Encycl. 601/2 A tutor dative is named by the crown when there is no tutor nominate or tutor at law. 1952 D. M. Jones Anathemata vii. 187 Lucius Ælius Lamia nominate legate of Syria still not posted. 1967 Hist. Jrnl. 10 19 It [sc. a newsletter] confuses Lake, bishop-nominate of Man, with Dr. Edward Lake, chaplain to York and tutor to Anne. 1989 D. M. Walker Princ. Sc. Private Law (ed. 4) iv. 230 The court may refuse to confirm an executor-nominate and appoint a judicial factor on the estate. 3. †a. Of the nature of a descriptive name. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [adjective] > of a name descriptive cognominate1610 nominate1610 notative1842 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia iii. i. 65 Vocall Propriety denotates the Properties of particulars by due Appellation, which is either Nominate or Cognominate. The first is..either Generall; as Up-land and Maritime..; or Speciall; as Wealdes, Woulds, Plaines. b. Law. Of a contract, right, etc.: having a name that specifies its nature or scope. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called > with other specific kind of name own-named1612 new-named1622 surnamed1659 nominate1818 numerical1872 epitheted1880 branded1897 the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > mentioning a name nominal1788 nominate1880 1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts 18 Those, which have an appropriate denomination and distinctive proper name, denoting their particular effect and esential properties, are nominate or named contracts. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 674 A nominate right is a right possessing a nomen juris, the use of which defines its boundaries. 1880 J. Muirhead in tr. Gaius Institutes ii. 118 (note) A nominate disherison..might either precede or follow the institution. 1976 J. A. C. Thomas Textbk. Rom. Law 311 Mandate was the last of the nominate contracts, i.e., those which fell into a recognised legal category. 1989 B. Nicholas in D. Harris & D. Tallon Contract Law Today 18 The French lawyer's first step in interpreting a contract is to ‘qualify’ or characterize it, i.e. to determine whether it falls within the limits of one of the nominate contracts. 4. Zoology. Designating, relating to, or belonging to a subordinate taxon which contains the type of the taxon of which it is a subdivision, and which therefore bears the same name (usually at subspecific or subgeneric rank) or a name differing only in the suffix indicating rank. Cf. nominate species n. 1.In the Internat. Code Zool. Nomencl. (ed. 3) of 1985, nominate is replaced by nominotypical. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > taxonomy > [adjective] > higher or lower group nominate1948 nominotypical1954 1948 A. L. Rand Mammals E. Rockies 100 The Alberta form is the nominate subspecies [of American badger]: Taxidea taxus taxus Schreber. 1964 Internat. Code Zool. Nomencl. (ed. 2) viii. 39 Article 37... The subordinate taxon that contains the type-genus of a subdivided family-group taxon bears the same name as the latter, except for suffix, and is termed the ‘nominate’ subordinate taxon (e.g., nominate subfamily, nominate tribe). 1971 Nature 10 Dec. 360/1 The European stock [of the Atlantic salmon], binominally named by Linnaeus, must become the nominate subspecies and, therefore, should bear the name Salmo salar salar Linnaeus. 1998 Trop. Zool. 11 19 The Afrotropical species of Meloe Linnaeus 1758 are assigned to three subgenera, the nominate subgenus, Eurymeloe Reitter 1911 and Afromeloe Schmidt 1913. †B. n. A nominee. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > nomination to office > fact of being nominated > one who is nominated elite?a1400 electc1425 electee1593 nominate1599 nominee1688 nomination1833 presentee1838 1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 148 After two Monethes imprisonment in the Conclaue [they] were forced to relent and to choose one of his nominates. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nominatev. Brit. /ˈnɒmᵻneɪt/, U.S. /ˈnɑməˌneɪt/ Forms: 1500s–1600s nominat, 1500s–1600s nomynate, 1500s– nominate, 1600s nomunate; also Scottish pre-1700 naminat (past participle), pre-1700 nominait (past participle), pre-1700 nominat (past participle), pre-1700 nominate (past participle), pre-1700 nominit (past participle), pre-1700 1900s– nominat, pre-1700 1900s– nominate, pre-1700 1900s– nominatt. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin nōmināt-, nōmināre. Etymology: < classical Latin nōmināt-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix³) of nōmināre to name, call, mention by name, appoint, in post-classical Latin also to fix, determine (12th cent. in British sources) < nōmin- , nōmen name n. Compare earlier nominate adj. 1. †a. transitive. To call by a particular name; to entitle or designate. Also: to confer a name upon. Cf. name v. 1a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] nemneOE nemela1325 namec1384 to lay a name ona1400 christena1470 nominate1545 baptizec1550 denominate1552 dename?1567 enterm1599 epithet1650 designate1676 nomenclate1801 godfather1879 the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > call or give as name to nemneOE clepec1000 hightOE sayOE nameOE yclepec1175 callc1300 nevena1400 deemc1400 christena1470 nominate1545 term1545 titulea1550 behight1579 benamea1586 inquire1590 nuncupate1609 indigitate1623 font1652 vocitate1653 express1659 appellate1768 nomenclature1824 the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > call or give as name to > designate or style as sayOE calla1250 deemc1400 nevenc1425 qualify?1465 designa1500 expound1530 style1570 read1590 intenda1599 dub1607 instyle1607 phrase1607 enstyle1616 speaka1625 cognominate1632 determine1653 clapa1657 designate1669 intimate1799 nominate1799 bedub1884 tab1924 1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. E The fourth be nominatyd the ouerthwart muskles. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 4 Theese rancks the Italian dwellers doo nominat altars. 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster v. iii. sig. L4 Rampe vp, my Genius; be not Retrograde: But boldly nominate a Spade, a Spade. View more context for this quotation a1632 T. Middleton & J. Webster Any Thing for Quiet Life (1662) i. sig. B2^v She has a Book, which I may truly nominate her black-book. 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall ii. 19 The City of Norwich..was enlarged, builded, and nominated by the Saxons. 1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 294 We do not nominate them precisely according to what we do then actually know. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson (ed. 3) i. x. 141 This Ocean being nominated Pacific. 1799 C. Cooke in T. Beddoes Contrib. Physical & Med. Knowl. 393 These are all the diseases that can with propriety be nominated constitutional. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. iv. 82 It must stand Munt-grunzie in the stamped paper, being so nominated in the ancient writs and evidents thereof. 1868 A. Helps Realmah (1876) 90 Those animals whom we are pleased to nominate ‘the lower creation’. b. transitive. To mention or specify by name. Cf. name v. 5a.With quot. 1991 cf. nominated adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > mention by name nemneOE anemnOE nameOE nevena1400 nominate1570 bename1579 hight1579 namefy1589 personate1592 1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xx. 92 I pans and muse how thay excuse This murther..Quhair it is nominate. 1586 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1882) IV. 461 In name of ane persoun quhome he thocht nocht expedient to nominat. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 105* I could nominate the man, that could teach the Delphicall Oracle, and the Ægiptian Crocodile to play their parts. 1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 159 I pray you nominate the oathes which are so rife and common amongst vs. 1620 Horæ Subseciuæ 378 There be in this towne multiplicity of Palaces.., of which I will but nominate two. 1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) 13 Consider how many persons have been ruined by play. I could nominate a great many. 1801 E. Helme St. Margaret's Cave III. x. 185 He ordered him to hasten to an obscure part of the city which he exactly nominated. 1847 J. R. McCulloch Descr. & Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire (ed. 3) I. ii. 423 Leases held on the longest of two lives..expire at an average..every 64 years, if boys and girls of 4 years of age are nominated. 1909 A. Bierce Coll. Wks. V. 342 Lend your ears While I for your instruction nominate Some certain wrongs you suffer. 1991 Air Force Mag. June 58/3 There were between fifty and 100 targets nominated—and we said, ‘OK. How would we strike these?’ And we laid out a tasking order for that. 2. a. transitive. To appoint (a person) by name to hold an office or discharge a duty. Also intransitive. Cf. name v. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > nominate nameOE nevenc1425 nominate1556 design1564 voice1594 designatea1616 tap1952 1556 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 234 The baillies to nominat ane man nychtlie to ourse the said wache. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccclxvj That the king shoulde within .vi. monethes nominate some man to the Bishop of Rome. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. lxiii. 128 b First he would nominate him that should remaine in the Indias for Captaine generall. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 976 To honour him the more, [he] nominated him the Generall of his armie against the Persians. 1653 in C. H. Firth Clarke Papers (1899) III. 5 They proceede in nominating persons in the severall counties to sitt as a Counsell. 1688 Pr. of Orange's Declar., w. Animadversions 23 Whether before he nominate, he do not satisfy himself that his Nominê be a Man on whom he may rely. 1757 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. II. 97 They chose seven persons, who should nominate to such commands as became vacant. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. ix. 330 The judges could not meet there..to nominate the sheriffs. 1799 T. Jefferson Let. 26 Jan. in Writings (1984) 1058 When Pinckney, Marshall, and Dana, were nominated to settle our differences with France, it was suspected by many..that their mission would not result in a settlement of differences. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 114 The decurions, who had nominated a magistrate, were..held bound as sureties for him. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §1. 341 The House of Commons was crowded with members nominated by the Royal Council. 1949 Time 31 Oct. 10/2 Last week the President..nominated two prominent Democratic job-hunters to $15,000-a-year jobs. 1992 Economist 2 May 50/3 Mr Walesa..also nominates the prime minister..and..guides defence and foreign policy. b. transitive. To propose or formally enter as a candidate for election or for an honour, award, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > choose for office [verb (transitive)] > propose as candidate purposea1382 nominate1560 propound1573 to put up1573 propose1675 run1765 to hold up1813 1560 J. Knox et al. Buke Discipline in J. Knox Wks. (1848) II. 217 Everie man..shall nominat suche one..maist sufficient to beare suche charge..and thre of them that shalbe oftest nominat shalbe put in edict publictlie. 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 101 The nomination being ended, the chiefe of the Companies demaunde of the people which of these three thus nominated, they are willing to elect. 1654 Alphonsus i. 10 Should I nominate an other Prince..I may be thought A most ingrateful wretch unto my Friend. 1774 S. Johnson Let. 21 Feb. (1992) II. 127 We are thinking to augment our Club, and I am desirous of nominating you. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Any member of the assembly or meeting nominates, that is, proposes to the chairman the name of a person whom he desires to have elected. 1857 J. Toulmin Smith Parish (new ed.) 171 It is declared that any person nominated may send in, before the day of election, his refusal to act. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues IV. Introd. 75 Any one may challenge the person nominated and start another candidate. 1904 L. Steffens Shame of Cities 155 He nominated cheap or dependent men for the select and common councils. 1975 Calgary (Alberta) Herald 17 May 12 John Allan Cameron hasn't been nominated for an ACTRA Nellie but for..his own half-hour show on the CTV network starting next week. 1985 PTA Today Dec. 3/1 If you have an ongoing program, why not consider nominating it for the President's Reading Award? c. transitive. Originally Australian (in later use also Canadian). To propose (a person) as a candidate for immigration to one's country, usually undertaking to provide support for the nominee after arrival. Cf. nominated adj. 1b. ΚΠ 1873 A. Trollope Austral. & N.Z. II. 138 Nominated emigrants would remain—emigrants nominated by friends in the colony. 1928 P. D. Phillips & G. L. Wood Peopling of Austral. 98 Nominated immigrants are those nominated by persons resident in Australia, who undertake to be responsible for them on arrival so that they shall not become a burden on the State. 1967 Internat. Migration Rev. 2 48 A Canadian citizens [sic] or a permanent resident of Canada is entitled to ‘nominate’ his relatives. 2001 Applic. for Migration to Austral. by Partner (Austral. Dept. Immigration & Multicultural Affairs: Form 47SP) 13 I wish to nominate (name of applicant) for permanent residence in Australia. d. intransitive. Australian Politics. To put oneself forward formally as a candidate for election; to register one's candidacy. Usually with for. ΚΠ 1953 Sydney Morning Herald 24 Sept. 5/3 Nine people have nominated for Labour Party selection for the Waverley by-election. 1967 Age (Melbourne) 5 Apr. 1/5 [He] is the 15th serviceman to nominate for the state elections on April 29. 1990 Canberra Times 31 Mar. 1/4 Senator McMullan has been lobbying key faction leaders... If that support is not forthcoming, he will nominate on Tuesday anyway. 1998 Traveller Mag. 28 Feb. 43/1 He does not know if he will nominate again in next year's ballot. 3. a. transitive. To fix, appoint, establish; to specify as something desired or decided upon (cf. name v. 8a). Formerly also †intransitive with for. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint asetc885 teachc897 deemc900 ashapea1000 i-demeOE setc1000 shiftc1000 stevenOE redeOE willOE lookc1175 showc1175 stablea1300 devise1303 terminea1325 shapec1330 stightlea1375 determinec1384 judgea1387 sign1389 assize1393 statute1397 commanda1400 decree1399 yarka1400 writec1405 decreetc1425 rule1447 stallc1460 constitute1481 assignc1485 institute1485 prescribec1487 constitue1489 destinate1490 to lay down1493 make?a1513 call1523 plant1529 allot1532 stint1533 determ1535 appointa1538 destinec1540 prescrive1552 lot1560 fore-appoint1561 nominate1564 to set down1576 refer1590 sort1592 doom1594 fit1600 dictate1606 determinate1636 inordera1641 state1647 fix1660 direct1816 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 limita1425 nominate1564 name1597 state1658 fix1660 1564 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 197 Richard..said, ‘by my trouth, I will marry the bie such a Day’,—& did nominate the day. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. iii. 148 Let the forfaite be nominated for an equall pound of your faire flesh. View more context for this quotation 1669 Will of William Prynne in S. Gardiner Documents Proc. against W. Prynne (1877) 98 The somme of tenne pounds, to be imployed..as my nephew..shall nominate and directe. 1680 J. Aubrey Brief Lives (1898) II. 143 Being the challengee it belonged to him to nominate place and weapon. 1716 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 187 Their scruples of keeping the day the King nominates without a church appointment. 1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless IV. iv. 32 Sir Ralph Trusty..had the honour of nominating the day for the celebration of their nuptials. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. iii. 87 ‘It is safe with me,’ said the Outlaw, ‘so be that this thy scroll produce the sum therein nominated and set down.’ 1971 C. Bonington Annapurna South Face iv. 49 We have..a game..where you throw a small peg into the air, strike it as far as you can with a stick, and nominate the number of strides a member of the opposing team must take to reach the peg. 1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 18 June 16/3 A judge yesterday ‘nominated’ seven years' jail for a mentally handicapped man found guilty of..manslaughter. b. transitive. Snooker and Pool. To specify (a ball) as the object ball to be hit next by the cue ball; (also in Pool) to indicate (the set of balls) as the set one will aim to pot; to specify (a pocket) into which one is aiming the next ball. Also intransitive. ΚΠ 1890 C. C. Moore Games of Pool 87 (heading) Nominating. Previous to making a shot, the player must distinctly call out the number of the ball he intends to pocket.] 1896 J. P. Buchanan Pyramids of Pool Games 79 Whenever there is any doubt, the player must nominate the pool ball at which he intends to play. 1968 Billiards & Snooker (‘Know the Game’ Ser.) 31/1 He must nominate after a foul by his opponent which leaves him snookered on the ball ‘on’. Thus, if he is on a red, and is unable to hit it directly, he may choose (‘nominate’) a colour, as a red. 1988 Pool Mag. July 23/3 I nominate a set of balls..the first time a legal ball is pocketed and one or more of both sets of balls are pocketed during the same shot. 1992 A. R. Taylor Guinness Bk. Trad. Pub Games 89/1 Eight Ball in Britain is a much simpler game than Eight Ball in America, where you must call—or nominate—the object ball you are trying to hit and the pocket you are aiming for. 4. transitive. Horse Racing. To enter (a horse) for a race. Usually with for or (formerly) †with in. Also occasionally intransitive.In quot. 1892 in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > ride horse in race [verb (transitive)] > enter horse for race start1732 run1797 nominate1859 saddle1884 1859 E. G. Storke Domest. & Rural Affairs iii. 18 The horse was nominated in a stake, at Manchester we believe, with four or five of the best trotters in England. 1879 Bell's Life in London 18 Jan. 6/2 Spark, who has been for a long time on the shelf, has been nominated in this race, as has another four year old, Pero. 1892 A. W. Pinero Magistrate i. 24 You nominated yourself for the Matrimonial Stakes. 1977 N.Z. Herald 8 Jan. i. 9/1 No trainer worthy of the name would nominate for the big race unless his horse was in or on the verge of good form. 1986 Los Angeles Times 14 Feb. iii. 15/2 Seventeen horses had been nominated for the 1¹/ ₈-mile race, but recent rain has made the field questionable. 2001 Scotl. on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 11 Feb. Sheikh Mohammed and his Godolphin..are entering no fewer than 20 horses for the American Triple Crown races, while Aidan O'Brien has nominated 21 entries from Ballydoyle. 5. transitive. To choose (a mare) as suitable for mating to a particular stallion. Also intransitive with to. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [verb (transitive)] > breed horses nominate1950 1950 H. Wynmalen Horse Breeding vi. 109 The considerations set out in the preceding chapter will be found helpful in selecting a suitable stallion to which to nominate our mare. 1972 Harper's Bazaar Apr. 63/1 [The mare] gave the stallion she was nominated to such a hell of a time he wouldn't touch her with a barge-pole. 1987 Christie's (N.Y.) Sale Catal.: Charity Sale for Sportsmen 4 June 11 Each share in a stallion entitles the owner of that share to nominate a mare annually for a service by that stallion or to trade this annual nomination right. 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