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v. Simple past tense and past participle of designate.

adj. Having a specified designation

"Both François Massialot, in Le Cuisinier roïal et bourgeois, and Menon, in Le Cuisinière bourgeoise, speak of the bourgeois kitchen as simple in style and limited in possibilities, but where special occasions required special efforts, indicating that for them the term designated a style of life and social position beneath that of the nobility."

incoming   

designated    designates    designating   

ordain   

bishop designate   

designative    designation    designatum    codesignative   

denote    number    label   

designated hitter    designated driver   

designated    appointed    chosen    style    denominate    entitle    describe    name    characterize    indicate   

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