nominate

Verb
Synonyms: put upput forwardproposenamemakeappointconstitute

WordNet 3.0

Verb (4)

  1. propose as a candidate for some honorSynonyms: put upput forward
  2. put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position“The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission”Synonyms: propose
  3. charge with a function; charge to be“She was named Head of the Committee”“She was made president of the club”Synonyms: namemake
  4. create and charge with a task or function“nominate a committee”Synonyms: appointnameconstitute
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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.] [1913 Webster]

1.To mention by name; to name. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

To nominate them all, it is impossible.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To call; to entitle; to denominate. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

3.To set down in express terms; to state. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Is it so nominated in the bond?— Shak.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

The Devil's Dictionary

NOMINATE, v. To designate for the heaviest political assessment. To put forward a suitable person to incur the mudgobbling and deadcatting of the opposition.
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