Definition of Designates

1. Noun. (plural of designate) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of designate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Designates

1. designate [v] - See also: designate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Designates

design denture
design load
design pattern
design patterns
design to cost
designable
designata
designate
designate(ip)
designated
designated driver
designated drivers
designated hitter
designated hitters
designated survivor
designates
designating
designation
designations
designative
designator
designators
designatory
designatum
designed
designed(a)
designedly
designedness
designee
designees

Literary usage of Designates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Letters to the Rev. Wm. E. Channing: Containing Remarks on His Sermon by Moses Stuart (1819)
"In other cases, where it designates a divine nature, it does this only because it has come, by usage, to be a proper name, like the terms Christ, ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"... but the person retired for this cause may, for many purposes, be a very useful officer. Section 1094 of the Revision designates specifically, ..."

3. History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the Mississippi: By by John Wesley Monette (1848)
"Colonel Elli- cott, as Commissioner of the United States, arrives at Natchez.—His Military Escort left at Bayou Pierre.—Gayoso designates the 19th of March ..."

4. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"... noise designates not only that which has not been heard before, but that which it is not desirable to hear ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Designates on Dictionary.com!Search for Designates on Thesaurus.com!Search for Designates on Google!Search for Designates on Wikipedia!

Search