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  • noun Plural form of designate.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of designate.

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Examples

  • We have now to go on to the much lengthier and more involved matter of what the term designates, whether within a given artistic period, a given style, a given artistic genre, or a given single work of art.

    NATURALISM IN ART FRITZ NOVOTNY 1968

  • At the present day, the term designates the religious communion which survived the destruction of the Jewish nation by the Assyrians and the Babylonians.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • In its widest sense the term designates not only the sacred texts, but also the voluminous theological and philosophical literature attached thereto, the

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

  • He went on to say that “dervish” does not denote those persons who wander about, spending their nights and days in fighting and folly; rather, He said, the term designates those who are completely severed from all but God, who cleave to His laws, are firm in His Faith, loyal to His Covenant, and constant in worship.

    Memorials of the Faithful 1844-1921 `Abdu'l-Bah�� 1882

  • The title designates homoerotic art related to same-sex desire and love.

    WN.com - Articles related to Gates: Progress in Afghan War Must Come This Year 2010

  • The title designates homoerotic art related to same-sex desire and love.

    WN.com - Articles related to Gates: Progress in Afghan War Must Come This Year 2010

  • A polecat, by the way, is not a cat at all-in the United States, the term designates a skunk.

    unknown title 2009

  • This term designates those aspects of human desires and activities that seem most relevant to behavior in the market place.

    Herman Daly Festschrift~ Making Money 2009

  • This term designates both the habitual forms and attitudes of the human mental apparatus, and the experiences of the mind as it recognizes these attitudes as falsely objectivized moments within its antinomical structure, and as it transcends these limits by disposing itself in new ways towards itself and its objects.

    Karl Jaspers Thornhill, Chris 2006

  • This term designates The Twelve Apostles as the body of men commissioned by Christ to spread the kingdom of God over the whole world and to give it the stability of a well-ordered society: i.e. to be the founders, the foundation, and pillars of the visible Church on earth.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

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