designate, v.tr.1aCeapaim(s.o. to an office, duine i bpost). bI designate s.o. as, for, my successor, ainmním duine mar chomharba dom féin. 2Designated by the name of . . ., (duine, rud) darb ainm ... He has been designated as the most generous man of his time, tá sé tugtha suas dó gurb é ba fhlaithiúla lena linn. 3(Of thgs.) Taispeánann, comharthaíonn.