v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Nominated p. pr. & vb. n. Nominating ] [ L. nominatus, p. p. of nominare to nominate, fr. nomen name. See Name. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To mention by name; to name. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To nominate them all, it is impossible. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To call; to entitle; to denominate. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To set down in express terms; to state. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Is it so nominated in the bond? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To name, or designate by name, for an office or place; to appoint; esp., to name as a candidate for an election, choice, or appointment; to propose by name, or offer the name of, as a candidate for an office or place. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By name; particularly; namely. [ Obs. ] Spelman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nominatio: cf. F. nomination. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated; as, to win the nomination. [ 1913 Webster ]

The nomination of persons to places being . . . a flower of his crown, he would reserve to himself. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The denomination, or name. [ Obs. ] Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Gram.) Of or pertaining to the nominative case. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. nominativus belonging to a name, nominative. ] (Gram.) Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb. -- n. The nominative case. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of a nominative; as a nominative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who nominates. [ 1913 Webster ]