designate
adjective
- 1
appointed but not yet installed in office
verb
- 1
design or destine
She was intended to become the director
- 2
decree or designate beforehand
She was destined to become a great pianist
- 3
indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
I showed the customer the glove section
He pointed to the empty parking space
- 4
assign a name or title to
- 5
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
Also useful for “designate”:Unscrambler— Rearrange the letters in “designate”