vt designated; appointed; chosen.
2. designate ·vt to call by a distinctive title; to name.
3. designate ·vt 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.
4. designate ·vt 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.