designate as

designate someone or something as something

to choose or name someone or something as something. Alice will designate Andrew as our representative. She designated herself as the head of the committee.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Millaray	-	Native American, Mapuche
Nobuyuki	no-boo-yoo-kee	Japanese
NoÉ	no-E (French, Spanish)	French, Spanish, Portuguese
Sondra	SAWN-drə	English
Alberta	[æl'bɜ:tə]
Torgny	-	Swedish