nominate

verb

1. To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.
2. To specify in advance which pocket a ball will be potted in; to call; to name.
3. To designate a peer (or oneself) as corresponding to a (potentially positive or negative) description.

   “In the unlimited method, they are allowed to nominate as many or as few peers as they see fit for each question.”

4. (obsolete)To entitle, confer a name upon.

   “1658: the City of Norwich … was enlarged, builded and nominated by the Saxons. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 12)”

adj

1. (not-comparable, obsolete)Named, called; nominated, appointed etc.
2. (not-comparable, obsolete)Mentioned by name, noted.
3. (not-comparable, obsolete)Nominated to an office.

   “an executor nominate / a nominate executor”

4. (not-comparable, obsolete)Having a special name or mentioning a particular name.
5. (not-comparable)nominotypical

   “the nominate subspecies”

noun

1. (obsolete)A nominee.