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v. To indicate or specify; point out.

v. To give a name or title to; characterize.

v. To select and set aside for a duty, an office, or a purpose. See Synonyms at allocate, appoint.

adj. Appointed but not yet installed in office: the commissioner designate.

adj. Designated; appointed; chosen.

v. To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested.

v. To call by a distinctive title; to name.

v. To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.

adj. Designated; appointed; chosen.

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

v. To call by a distinctive title; to name.

v. To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for.

To mark out or indicate by visible lines, marks, description, name, or something known and determinate: as, to designate the limits of a country; to designate the spot where a star appears in the heavens; to designate the place where the troops landed, or shall land.

To point out; distinguish from others by indication; name; settle the identity of: as, to be able to designate every individual who was concerned in a riot.

To appoint; select or distinguish for a particular purpose; assign: with for, to, or an infinitive: as, to designate an officer for the command of a station; this captain was designated to the command of the party, or to command the party.

Synonyms To mention, characterize, specify.

To allot.

Appointed; marked out.

v. design or destine

v. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

v. decree or designate beforehand

v. assign a name or title to

adj. appointed but not yet installed in office

v. indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

"Yes, the President might again designate him as an enemy combatant, but I can't imagine that that possibility will suffice to preserve the justiciability of Padilla's challenge."

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