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Naming   /nˈeɪmɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Name  v. t.  (past & past part. named; pres. part. naming)  
1.
To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call. "She named the child Ichabod." "Thus was the building left Ridiculous, and the work Confusion named."
2.
To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to refer to by distinctive title; to mention. "None named thee but to praise." "Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the underlying dead."
3.
To designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to nominate; to specify; to appoint; as, to name a day for the wedding; to name someone as ambassador. "Whom late you have named for consul."
4.
(House of Commons) To designate (a member) by name, as the Speaker does by way of reprimand.
Synonyms: To denominate; style; term; call; mention; specify; designate; nominate.






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"Naming" Quotes from Famous Books



... a hundred if I could have found them," said Cosmo. "There are plenty of candidates, but these five [naming them] are the only genuine ones, and I am doubtful about several of them. But I must run some ...
— The Second Deluge • Garrett P. Serviss

... Hardey, when, in all likelihood, it continues its course direct to Exmouth Gulf. Anxious, as I naturally was, to continue the examination of this promising river, time and the condition of our horses' feet did not permit us to do so with advantage. Naming it the Ashburton, after the noble President of the Royal Geographical Society, we quitted its verdant banks, and took a south course up a stony ravine, which led us into the heart of the range, where we soon became involved amongst steep rocky ridges of sharp slaty schist, which very ...
— Journals of Australian Explorations • A C and F T Gregory

... most troublesome task of the Administration was to select these few servants. Even in naming the heads of departments, the President experienced some embarrassment, for, while Madison accepted readily the Secretaryship of State and Albert Gallatin that of the Treasury, the naval portfolio went begging. Robert Smith, of Maryland, ...
— Union and Democracy • Allen Johnson

... a speculator once got access to him at the Home Office, and was proceeding to unfold his way of serving the public. "I do not understand these things," said Lord Althorp, "but I happen to have —— (naming an eminent engineer) upstairs; suppose you talk to him on the subject." The discoverer went up, and in half-an-hour returned, and said, "I am very much obliged to your Lordship for introducing me to Mr. ——; he has convinced me {10} that ...
— A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II) • Augustus de Morgan

... Vienna; and at the same time Russia formally declared that she could never accept that condition[211]. As Germany took the same view the Porte agreed to expunge the obnoxious clause. The Government of the Czar also objected to the naming of Prince Alexander in the Convention. This unlooked-for slight naturally aroused the indignation of the Prince; but as the British Government deferred to Russian views on this matter, the Convention was ...
— The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) • John Holland Rose


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