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Webster 1913 Edition
Nominate
Nom′i-nate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Nominated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Nominating
.] 1.
To mention by name; to name.
[Obs.]
To
nominate
them all, it is impossible. Shakespeare
2.
To call; to entitle; to denominate.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
3.
To set down in express terms; to state.
[Obs.]
Is it so
nominated
in the bond? Shakespeare
4.
To name, or designate by name, for an office or place; to appoint; esp., to name as a candidate for an election, choice, or appointment; to propose by name, or offer the name of, as a candidate for an office or place.
Webster 1828 Edition
Nominate
NOMINATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To name; to mention by name.2.
To call; to entitle; to denominate.3.
To name or designate by name for an office or place; to appoint; as, to nominate an heir or an executor.4.
Usually, to name for an election, choice or appointment; to proposed by name, or offer the name of a person as a candidate for an office or place. This is the principal use of the word in the United States; as in a public assembly, where men are to be selected and chosen to office, any member of the assembly or meeting nominates, that is, proposes to the chairman the name of a person whom he desires to have elected.