Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: la · beled or la · belled ; la · bel · ing or la · bel · ling \ ' l ā -b( ə -)li ŋ \
Date: 1601
1 a : to affix a label to b : to describe or designate with or as if with a label
2 a : to distinguish (an element or atom) by using an isotope distinctive in some manner (as in mass or radioactivity) b : to distinguish (as a compound or cell) by introducing a traceable constituent (as a dye or labeled atom)
– la · bel · able \ ' l ā -b ə -l ə -b ə l \ adjective
– la · bel · er \ ' l ā -b( ə -)l ə r \ noun