·vt Designated; appointed; chosen.
II. Designate ·vt To call by a distinctive title; to Name.
III. Designate ·vt To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty;
— with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.
IV. Designate ·vt 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.