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designatory

designatory adjective: serving to designate.

Adjective

designatory (comparative more designatory, superlative most designatory)

  1. Serving to designate.
    Synonyms:
    designative

Synonyms of designatory

Forms of designatory

comparativemore designatory
superlativemost designatory

Origin of designatory

From designate + -ory.

Questions about designatory

What does designatory mean?
Designatory means serving to designate.
What part of speech is designatory?
Designatory is an adjective.

Words near designatory in the dictionary

  1. designations
  2. designative
  3. designatively
  4. designator
  5. designators
  6. designatory
  7. designatum
  8. designe
  9. designed
  10. designedly
  11. designedness

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