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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Name \Name\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Named}; p. pr & vb n.
{Naming}.] [AS. namian. See {Name}, n.]
1. To give a distinctive name or appellation to to entitle;
to denominate; to style; to call
She named the child Ichabod. --1 Sam. iv
21.
Thus was the building left Ridiculous, and the work
Confusion named --Milton.
2. To mention by name to utter or publish the name of to
refer to by distinctive title; to mention.
None named thee but to praise. --Halleck.
Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the
underlying dead. --Tennyson.
3. To designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to
nominate; to specify; to appoint; as to name a day for
the wedding.
Whom late you have named for consul. --Shak.
4. (House of Commons) To designate (a member) by name as the
Speaker does by way of reprimand.
Syn: To denominate; style; term; call mention; specify;
designate; nominate.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
naming
adj : inclined to or serving for the giving of names "the
appellative faculty of children"; "the appellative
function of some primitive rites" [syn: {appellative},
{naming(a)}]
n 1: the verbal act of naming; "the part he failed was the naming
of state capitals"
2: the act of putting a person into a non-elective position;
"the appointment had to be approvied by the whole
committee" [syn: {appointment}, {assignment}, {designation}]
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