verb
- Assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to.
- usage: "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
- Give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property.
- usage: "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"
- Charge with a function; charge to be.
- usage: "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"
- Create and charge with a task or function.
- usage: "nominate a committee"
- synonyms: appoint, name, nominate, constitute
- Mention and identify by name.
- usage: "name your accomplices"
- synonyms: name
- Make reference to.
- usage: "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
- Identify as in botany or biology, for example.
- Give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of.
- usage: "List the states west of the Mississippi"
- Determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis.
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