Category:Nominate

Nom"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nominated; p. pr. & vb. n. Nominating.] Etym: [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.