Designate

a.	1.	Designated; appointed; chosen.
v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Designated; p. pr. & vb. n. Designating.]
	2.	To call by a distinctive title; to name.
	3.	To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; - with to or for; as, to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.

Verb	1.	designate - assign a name or title to Synonyms: denominate
	2.	designate - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) Synonyms: assign, delegate, depute
	3.	designate - decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" Synonyms: destine, doom, fate
	4.	designate - design or destine; "She was intended to become the director" Synonyms: destine, intend, specify
Adj.	1.	designate - appointed but not yet installed in office

advert to, allocate, allot, allude to, apportion, appropriate, baptize, be taken as, call, choose, christen, define, delegate, delineate, denominate, depute, determine, dictate, dub, earmark, elect, emblematize, entitle, figure, finger, fix, identify, label, make, mark, mean, mention, mete out, name for office, nickname, opt, ordain, ordinate, particularize, pick, pick out, pin down, pinpoint, point at, point out, point to, propose, put down, put up, refer to, represent, reserve, run, run for office, set, set forth, single, specialize, stand for, state, stigmatize, stipulate, style, submit, symbol, symbolize, tab, tag, tap, term, title, typify, write down

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