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nomenclate

nomenclate verb: to assign a name to, especially in accordance with a particular system of nomenclature; to name.

Verb

nomenclate (third-person singular simple present nomenclates, present participle nomenclating, simple past and past participle nomenclated)

  1. (transitive) To assign a name to, especially in accordance with a particular system of nomenclature; to name.
    • Where specimens have appeared to me to be new, I have ventured, although with extreme diffidence, to nomenclate them.1834, Peter James Begbie, Diptendra M. Banerjee, The Malayan Peninsula: Embracing Its History, Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, Politics, Natural History, Etc. from Its Earliest Records, page...
    • Bleuler and Lehman nomenclate this state as smell and taste photismus.1843, Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal, page 340

Examples of nomenclate in a sentence

  • ... are meant for lions), tigers, antelopes, birds, satyrs and monstrous animals which it would puzzle a naturalist of the present age to nomenclate.1845, The Madras Journal of Literature and Science, page 22:
  • There is a distinction that should be made between the familiar verb "name" versus, what may seem pedantic to the casual user, "nomenclate".2004, Seymour B. Elk, A New Unifying Biparametric Nomenclature that Spans all of Chemistry: The science of incorporating daily over 2,000...
  • It is very much important as well as essential to nomenclate a newly developed polymer to identify it and to differentiate it from the other.2009, Niranjan Karak, Fundamentals Of Polymers: Raw Materials To Finish Products, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., →ISBN, page 6:

Forms of nomenclate

third-person singular presentnomenclates
present participlenomenclating
past participlenomenclated
pastnomenclated

Origin of nomenclate

Back-formation from nomenclature.

Questions about nomenclate

What does nomenclate mean?
Nomenclate means to assign a name to, especially in accordance with a particular system of nomenclature; to name.
How do you use nomenclate in a sentence?
... are meant for lions), tigers, antelopes, birds, satyrs and monstrous animals which it would puzzle a naturalist of the present age to nomenclate.
What part of speech is nomenclate?
Nomenclate is a verb.
What is the past tense of nomenclate?
The past tense of nomenclate is nomenclated.

Words near nomenclate in the dictionary

  1. nomen translatum
  2. nomen unitatis
  3. nomen vasis
  4. nomen verbi
  5. nomen vicis
  6. nomenclate
  7. nomenclation
  8. nomenclations
  9. nomenclative
  10. nomenclator
  11. nomenclatorial

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