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nominate

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nominate  \Nom"i*nate\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Nominated};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Nominating}.]  [L.  nominatus  p.  p.  of  nominare  to 
  nominate,  fr  nomen  name  See  {Name}.] 
  1.  To  mention  by  name  to  name  [Obs.] 
 
  To  nominate  them  all  it  is  impossible.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  call  to  entitle;  to  denominate.  [Obs.]  --Spenser. 
 
  3.  To  set  down  in  express  terms;  to  state.  [Obs.] 
 
  Is  it  so  noiminated  in  the  bond?  --Shak. 
 
  4.  To  name  or  designate  by  name  for  an  office  or  place  to 
  appoint;  esp.,  to  name  as  a  candidate  for  an  election, 
  choice,  or  appointment;  to  propose  by  name  or  offer  the 
  name  of  as  a  candidate  for  an  office  or  place 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nominate 
  v  1:  propose  as  a  candidate  for  some  honor  [syn:  {put  up},  {put 
  forward}] 
  2:  put  forward;  nominate  for  appointment  to  an  office;  "The 
  President  nominated  her  as  head  of  the  Civil  Rights 
  Commission"  [syn:  {propose}] 
  3:  charge  with  a  function;  charge  to  be  "She  was  named  Head  of 
  the  Committee";  "She  was  made  president  of  the  club"  [syn: 
  {name},  {make}] 
  4:  as  of  a  committee  for  a  temporary  task  [syn:  {appoint},  {name}, 
  {constitute}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  NOMINATE,  v.  To  designate  for  the  heaviest  political  assessment.  To 
  put  forward  a  suitable  person  to  incur  the  mudgobbling  and  deadcatting 
  of  the  opposition.




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