designate

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role.

   King designate

2. 2
   verb

   To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description

   to designate the boundaries of a country

3. 3
   verb

   To call by a distinctive title; to name.

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

4. 4
   adj

   appointed but not yet installed in office

5. 5
   verb

   design or destine

6. 6
   verb

   decree or designate beforehand

7. 7
   verb

   indicate a place, direction, person, or thing

8. 8
   verb

   assign a name or title to

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēsignātus, perfect passive participle of designō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of design.