Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Designate \Des"ig*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Designated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Designating}.]
   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.

   2. To call by a distinctive title; to name.

   3. 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.

   Syn: To name; denominate; style; entitle; characterize;
        describe.