denominate

Verb

denominate (third-person singular simple present denominates, present participle denominating, simple past and past participle denominated)

1. To name; to designate.
   • On the contrary thoſe other Paſſions, commonly denominated ſelfiſh, both produce different Sentiments in each Individual, according to his particular Situation; […]1751, David Hume, “Section IX. Conclusion of the Whole.”, in An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 179
   • The ſecond [blast of the trumpet] they denominate the blaſt of exanimation; when all creatures both in heaven and earth ſhall die, or be annihilated, except thoſe which God ſhall pleaſe to exempt from the common fate.1759, “The History of the Empire of the Arabs, under the first four Khalîfs, and those of the families of Ommiyah and Abbas, to the taking of Baghdâd by the Tartars”, in The Modern Part of an...

   Synonyms:

   bename

2. To express in a denomination (i.e., a monetary unit).
   • Oil is denominated in dollars, so changes in the strength of the dollar affect oil prices everywhere.

Adjective

UK/dɪˈnɒmɪnət/

denominate (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Having a specific name or denomination; specified in the concrete as opposed to abstract; thus, 7 feet is a denominate quantity, while 7 is mere abstract quantity or number.
   • So as I take it to bee denominate of the King of the Hebrewes, which is famous with you, and no Stranger to vs. For wee haue ſome Parts of his works, which with you are loſt; Namely that Naturall Hiſtory, which hee wrote of all Plants, from the Cedar of Libanus, to the Moſſe that groweth out of the...1631, Francis [Bacon], “New Atlantis. A Worke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn]...
2. (obsolete) Denominated, named.

Noun

denominate (plural denominates)

1. (obsolete) Denomination, name, appellation.
2. (obsolete) A noun derived from some other noun, a denominative.
   • Aristotle […] thus […] writeth: Those [words] are called denominates, which haue the appellation of a name from some other […] as from Grammar, man is called a Grammarian.1638, Thomas Spencer, The Art of Logick, delivered in the Precepts of Aristotle and Ramus