| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To select for an office or position: appoint, make, name, nominate, tap1. See CHOICE. 2. To set aside or apart for a specified purpose: allocate, appropriate, assign, earmark. See COLLECT, MONEY. 3. To describe with a word or term: call, characterize, label, name, style, tag, term. See SPECIFIC, WORDS. 4. To make known or identify, as by signs: denote, indicate, mark, point out, show, specify. See SHOW. 5. To give a name or title to: baptize, call, christen, denominate, dub, entitle, name, style, term, title. See SPECIFIC, WORDS.
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