Designate

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

Synonyms: name; denominate; style; entitle; characterize; describe.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Designated; appointed; chosen. [R.] Sir G. Buck.