appoint someone (for a position, office, or honor); designate, select
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Nominate Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To set down in express terms; to state.
To set down in express terms; to state.
(v. t.)
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.
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.
(v. t.)
To mention by name; to name.
To mention by name; to name.
(v. t.)
To call; to entitle; to denominate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo call; to entitle; to denominate.
nominate
\nom"i*nate\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. nominated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. nominating (?).] [l. nominatus, p. p. of nominare to nominate, fr. nomen name. see name.]
1. to mention by name; to name. [obs.] to nominate them all, it is impossible.
2. to call; to entitle; to denominate. [obs.]
3. to set down in express terms; to state. [obs.] is it so noiminated in the bond?
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.
nominate
v
1. propose as a candidate for some honor [syn: put up, put forward ]
2. put forward; nominate for appointment to an office; "the president nominated her as head of the civil rights commission" [syn: propose]
3. charge with a function; charge to be; "she was named head of the committee"; "she was made president of the club" [syn: name, make]
4. charge with a task or function; "appoint someone president"; "nominate a committee" [syn: appoint, name, constitute]
To designate as a candidate for any office.
Henwedigol = a. nominate
Henwi = to name, to nominate
Nominate, (v.)
To designate for the heaviest political assessment. To put forward a suitable person to incur the mudgobbling and deadcatting of the opposition.
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, 1911 (About)To designate for the heaviest political assessment. To put forward a suitable person to incur the mudgobbling and deadcatting of the opposition.
Verb
1. propose as a candidate for some honor
(synonym) put up, put forward
(hypernym) propose
(derivation) nomination
2. put forward; nominate for appointment to an office; "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission"
(synonym) propose
(hypernym) choose, take, select, pick out
(hyponym) put up, put forward
(derivation) nominator
3. charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"
(synonym) name, make
(hypernym) appoint, charge
(hyponym) rename
(derivation) nomination
4. create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"
(synonym) appoint, name, constitute
(hypernym) establish, found, plant, constitute, institute
(hyponym) pack
(derivation) nomination
Nominate Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A candidate is the prospective recipient of an award or honor or a person seeking or being considered for some kind of position; for example:
- to be elected to an office — in this case a candidate selection procedure occurs.
- to receive membership in a group
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Nominate Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
The 'N' 
hands, palms up, move forward alternately, tracing continuous elliptical paths.
