v. t. [ p. p. Benamed, Benempt. ] To promise; to name. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To give a nickname to. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A nickname. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Nickname. ] An additional or epithet name; a nickname. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A name that precedes the family name or surname; a first name. Selden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To name or mention before. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The name for a medication, as used in the pharmacopoeia; it cannot be a trademark. The name is typically given by the inventor or discoverer of the drug, but must be approved by a national or international naming authority. [ PJC ]

n. (linguistics) A word that denotes a manner of doing something; a troponym; as, "march" is a manner name for "walk". [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To call by the wrong name; to give a wrong or inappropriate name to. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. nama; akin to D. naam, OS. & OHG. namo, G. name, Icel. nafn, for namn, Dan. navn, Sw. namn, Goth. namō, L. nomen (perh. influenced by noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know), Gr. 'o`mona, Scr. nāman. √267. Cf. Anonymous, Ignominy, Misnomer, Nominal, Noun. ] 1. The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Gen. ii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts. [ 1913 Webster ]

His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Is. ix. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction. [ 1913 Webster ]

What men of name resort to him? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Far above . . . every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. Eph. i. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will get me a name and honor in the kingdom. 1 Macc. iii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

He hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin. Deut. xxii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king's army . . . had left no good name behind. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Those of a certain name; a race; a family. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name, came every day to pay their feigned civilities. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A person, an individual. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They list with women each degenerate name. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Christian name. (a) The name a person receives at baptism, as distinguished from surname; baptismal name; in western countries, it is also called a first name. (b) A given name, whether received at baptism or not. --
Given name. See under Given. --
In name, in profession, or by title only; not in reality; as, a friend in name. --
In the name of. (a) In behalf of; by the authority of. “ I charge you in the duke's name to obey me.” Shak. (b) In the represented or assumed character of. “I'll to him again in name of Brook.” Shak. --
Name plate, a plate as of metal, glass, etc., having a name upon it, as a sign; a doorplate. --
Pen name, a name assumed by an author; a pseudonym or nom de plume. Bayard Taylor. --
Proper name (Gram.), a name applied to a particular person, place, or thing. --
To call names, to apply opprobrious epithets to; to call by reproachful appellations. --
To take a name in vain, to use a name lightly or profanely; to use a name in making flippant or dishonest oaths. Ex. xx. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Appellation; title; designation; cognomen; denomination; epithet. -- Name, Appellation, Title, Denomination. Name is generic, denoting that combination of sounds or letters by which a person or thing is known and distinguished. Appellation, although sometimes put for name simply, denotes, more properly, a descriptive term (called also agnomen or cognomen), used by way of marking some individual peculiarity or characteristic; as, Charles the Bold, Philip the Stammerer. A title is a term employed to point out one's rank, office, etc.; as, the Duke of Bedford, Paul the Apostle, etc. Denomination is to particular bodies what appellation is to individuals; thus, the church of Christ is divided into different denominations, as Congregationalists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Named p. pr. & vb. n. Naming. ] [ AS. namian. See Name, n. ] 1. To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call. [ 1913 Webster ]

She named the child Ichabod. 1 Sam. iv. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus was the building left
Ridiculous, and the work Confusion named. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to refer to by distinctive title; to mention. [ 1913 Webster ]

None named thee but to praise. Halleck. [ 1913 Webster ]

Old Yew, which graspest at the stones
That name the underlying dead. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whom late you have named for consul. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (House of Commons) To designate (a member) by name, as the Speaker does by way of reprimand. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To denominate; style; term; call; mention; specify; designate; nominate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Nicknamed p. pr. & vb. n. Nicknaming. ] To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname. [ 1913 Webster ]

You nickname virtue; vice you should have spoke. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I altogether disclaim what has been nicknamed the doctrine of finality. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. ekename surname, hence, a nickname, an ekename being understood as a nekename, influenced also by E. nick, v. See Eke, and Name. ] A name given in affectionate familiarity, sportive familiarity, contempt, or derision; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation; as, Nicholas's nickname is Nick. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. t. 1. To exceed in naming or describing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exceed in name, fame, or degree. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And found out one to outname thy other faults. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To name over or in a series; to recount. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To give a new name to. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Surname. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Surnamed p. pr. & vb. n. Surnaming. ] [ Cf. F. surnommer. ] To name or call by an appellation added to the original name; to give a surname to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel. Isa. xliv. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

And Simon he surnamed Peter. Mark iii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. sur + name; really a substitution for OE. sournoun, from F. surnom. See Sur-, and Noun, Name. ] 1. A name or appellation which is added to, or over and above, the baptismal or Christian name, and becomes a family name. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Surnames originally designated occupation, estate, place of residence, or some particular thing or event that related to the person; thus, Edmund Ironsides; Robert Smith, or the smith; William Turner. Surnames are often also patronymics; as, John Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An appellation added to the original name; an agnomen. “My surname, Coriolanus.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word has been sometimes written sirname, as if it signified sire-name, or the name derived from one's father. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ prep. to + name. ] A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname, or used instead of it. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

. 1. (a) The name by which an article is called among traders, etc.; as, tin spirits is a common trade name in the dyeing industry for various solutions of tin salts. (b) An invented or arbitrary adopted name given by a manufacturer or merchant to an article to distinguish it as produced or sold by him. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. The name or style under which a concern or firm does business. This name becomes a part of the good will of a business; it is not protected by the registration acts, but a qualified common-law protection against its misuse exists, analogous to that existing in the case of trade-marks. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Banking) Having or bearing two names; as,
two-name paper, that is, negotiable paper on which at least two persons are severally liable as separate makers, or, usually, one as maker and one as indorser. [ Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]