nominate

To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.

To specify in advance which pocket a ball will be potted in; to call; to name.

To designate a peer (or oneself) as corresponding to a (potentially positive or negative) description.

• In the unlimited method, they are allowed to nominate as many or as few peers as they see fit for each question.

To entitle, confer a name upon.obsolete

• 1658: the City of Norwich … was enlarged, builded and nominated by the Saxons. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 12)

Named, called; nominated, appointed etc.not-comparableobsolete

Mentioned by name, noted.not-comparableobsolete

Nominated to an office.not-comparableobsolete

• an executor nominate / a nominate executor

Having a special name or mentioning a particular name.not-comparableobsolete

nominotypicalnot-comparable

• the nominate subspecies

A nominee.obsolete