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▪ I. denominate, ppl. a. and n.|dɪˈnɒmɪnət|
[ad. L. dēnōmināt-us, pa. pple. of dēnōmināre.]
A. pa. pple. Named, called, denominated. Obs. or arch.
1579G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 63 By what name or names, title or titles..they..may be callid, termid..or denominate. 1665Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 43 Whether Gusurat..be denominate from Gezurat, which in the Arabick signifies an Isle. 1689tr. Buchanan's De Jure Regni 10 It is no great matter how it be denominate. 1814Southey Roderick xviii, The walls of Salduba..by Rome Cæsarian and August denominate, Now Zaragoza.
†B. adj. Arith. Said of a number when used adjectivally with the name of the kind of unit treated of (= concrete a. 4); opp. to abstract.
1579Digges Stratiot. 33 These kinds of concrete or Denominate numbers. 1674S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 207 Abstract and..denominate Numbers.
C. n.
†1. That which something is called; a name, denomination, appellation. Obs.
1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 343 After that it varied into other denominats, as Roderigo; Cygnæa; and now, by the Hollanders, Mauritius.
†2. Gram. A word derived from another word, esp. from a noun; a denominative. Obs.
1628T. Spencer Logick 142 Aristotle..thus..writeth; Those [words] are called denominates, which haue the appellation of a name from some other..as from Grammar, man is called a Grammarian. 1654Hammond Answ. Animadv. Ignat. ii. §1. 34 The nature of the word being a denominate from a yong man, νεωτερικὴ from νεώτεροι.
▪ II. denominate, v.|dɪˈnɒmɪneɪt|
[f. L. dēnōmināt-, ppl. stem of dēnōmināre to name, specify by name, f. de- I. 3 + nōmināre to name (see nominate).]
1. trans. To give a name or appellation to; to call by a name, to name (orig. from or after something). Now usually with complement: To give (a thing) the name of.., to call.
1552Huloet, Denominate, denomino. 1597Morley Introd. Mus. 91 Quadrupla and Quintupla, they denominated after the number of blacke minimes set for a note of the plainsong. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 209 The Portugals, who (not unlike a second Adam, denominating all new places and things) gave it the name. Ibid. 223 Americus Vespucius..denominates that vast and spacious Continent from his owne name, America. 1639Fuller Holy War ii. ix. (1840) 60 From him [Guelpho] they of the papal faction were denominated Guelphes. 1774Bryant Mythol. I. 89 Phi is also used for any opening..whence..the head of a fountain is often denominated from it. 1781Cowper Ep. Lady Hesketh 18 This is what the world..Denominates an itch for writing. 1805Foster Ess. iii. iii. 51 Who have hardly words to denominate even their sensations. 1876E. Mellor Priesth. i. 16 They [the apostles] do not denominate him [the Christian minister] a priest.
†b. intr. (for refl.) To give oneself a name, take one's name (from). Obs. rare.
1652Sparke Prim. Devot. (1663) 336 Thou that leavest the master, and denominatest from the servant.
†c. To express in some arithmetical denomination. Obs. rare.
1788Priestley Lect. Hist. iii. xiv. 120 These methods of denominating time.
†2. Of things: To give a name to, as a quality or attribute; to give (a thing) its name or character, to characterize; to make what it is, constitute; (with complement) to constitute, give the right to be called. Obs.
1616S. Ward Coale fr. Altar (1627) 36 The same vertue denominated Iacob a Prince with God. 1628Donne Serm. xxiii. 225 The Divine, the Physitian, the Lawyer are not qualified nor Denominated by the same Kinde of Learning. 1664Power Exp. Philos. iii. 184 The numerous Rabble..have nothing of the nobler part that should denominate their Essences. 1698W. Chilcot Evil Thoughts vi. (1851) 74 This will denominate us of the number of Christ's true disciples. 1783Johnson Let. To Susanna Thrale (1788) II. 290 Our general course of life must denominate us wise or foolish; happy or miserable. 1816–17Bentham Chrestomathia Wks. VIII. 19 That sort of acquaintance with the Greek and Latin classics which denominates a man a good scholar.
†b. absol.
1614Selden Titles Hon. 126 The Abstract tastes as if it were more honorable. For that quality denominats. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. ii. iii. ii. (1676) 197/2 It is wealth alone that denominates, money which maintains it, gives esse to it [‘gentry’]. 1691Baxter Nat. Ch. xii. 51 The Form denominateth; and is Essential.
c. Logic. Of an attribute: To give a name to (a subject).
1599[see denominator 3]. a1626Bacon Max. & Uses Com. Law xxiii. (1636) 84 One name and appellation doth denominate divers things. 1843Mill Logic i. ii. §5 The attribute, or attributes, may therefore be said to denominate those objects, or to give them a common name.
†3. To point out, indicate, denote. Obs.
1710in Somers Tracts III. 5 Our Credit in this Case..is rightly called by some of our Writers, National Credit; the Word denominates its Original. 1756C. Lucas Ess. Waters I. 88 The portion of salt which..suffered the greatest change, denominates the most impure water. 1792J. Belknap Hist. New Hampshire III. 130 There is a difference sufficient to denominate the soil from the growth.
Hence deˈnominated, deˈnominating ppl. adjs.
1614Selden Titles Hon. 235 At this day..in the denominating Countie the Earle hath but only his Name. 1750Carte Hist. Eng. II. 469 They were forced to take Flemish florins at a denominated rate much higher than the intrinsick value. 1825Bentham Indic. Ld. Eldon 83 The business of all denominated Offices. |