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verb

• (英国発音) IPA: /dɪˈnɒm.ɪ.neɪt/
• (米国発音) IPA: /dɪˈnɑ.mɪ.neɪt/

adjective

• (英国発音) IPA: /dɪˈnɒmɪnət/

動詞

denominate (third-person singular simple present denominates, present participle denominating, simple past and past participle denominated)

1. To name; to designate.

   Synonyms: bename, see also Thesaurus:denominate

   • 1751, David Hume, “Section IX. Conclusion of the Whole.”, in An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 179:

     On the contrary thoſe other Paſſions, commonly denominated ſelfiſh, both produce different Sentiments in each Individual, according to his particular Situation; […]

   • 1759, “The History of the Empire of the Arabs, under the first four Khalîfs, and those of the families of Ommiyah and Abbas, to the taking of Baghdâd by the Tartars”, in The Modern Part of an Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. […], volume I, London: […] S. Richardson, T. Osborne, C. Hitch, […], page 334:

     The ſecond [blast of the trumpet] they denominate the blaſt of exanimation; when all creatures both in heaven and earth ſhall die, or be annihilated, except thoſe which God ſhall pleaſe to exempt from the common fate.

   • 1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter XIII, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume I, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC, page 301:

     […] in those two months, Mrs. Linton encountered and conquered the worst shock of what was denominated a brain fever.

2. To express in a denomination (i.e., a monetary unit).

   Oil is denominated in dollars, so changes in the strength of the dollar affect oil prices everywhere.

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形容詞

denominate (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Having a specific name or denomination; specified in the concrete as opposed to abstract; thus, 7 feet is a denominate quantity, while 7 is mere abstract quantity or number.
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “New Atlantis. A Worke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC, page 19:

     So as I take it to bee denominate of the King of the Hebrewes, which is famous with you, and no Stranger to vs. For wee haue ſome Parts of his works, which with you are loſt; Namely that Naturall Hiſtory, which hee wrote of all Plants, from the Cedar of Libanus, to the Moſſe that groweth out of the Wall; And of all things that haue Life and Motion.

2. (obsolete, as a participle) Denominated, named.

名詞

denominate (plural denominates) (obsolete)

1. Denomination, name, appellation.
2. (grammar) A noun derived from some other noun, a denominative.
   • 1638, Thomas Spencer, The Art of Logick, delivered in the Precepts of Aristotle and Ramus:

     Aristotle […] thus […] writeth: Those [words] are called denominates, which haue the appellation of a name from some other […] as from Grammar, man is called a Grammarian.

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