nomenclatev.
/ˈnəʊmənkleɪt/, U.S. /ˈnoʊmənˌkleɪt/ Now poetic and rare.
transitive. To assign a name or names to; to call by a certain name. Also: to classify.
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the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)]
nemneOE
nemela1325
namec1384
to lay a name ona1400
christena1470
nominate1545
baptizec1550
denominate1552
dename?1567
enterm1599
epithet1650
designate1676
nomenclate1801
godfather1879
1801 C. M. Fanshawe Epist. to Ld. Harcourt in Memorials (1865) 6 'T would try Don Quixote's patience To nomenclate this mob of nations.
1841 H. T. Tuckerman Rambles & Reveries 200 Busy in nomenclating the peculiarities of the Dutch.
1858 Harper's Mag. Aug. 379/1 It grows more and more difficult to nomenclate noses as it does to classify character.
1881 Daily Tel. 6 June 2 The institution nomenclated the Chelsea Hospital for Women.
a1993 V. Scannell Coll. Poems (1993) 266 Those lucky fathers, safe on Blighty's shores, Would nomenclate their young with names as plain As British Restaurant meals.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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