Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Designate

Designate , adjective

[Latin designatus, past participle of designare. See Design, transitive verb]

Designated; appointed; chosen. [Rare] — Sir G. Buck

Designate , transitive verb

1.
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.
2.
To call by a distinctive title; to name.
3.
To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; as, to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.