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third-person singular simple present denominates, present participle denominating, simple past and past participle denominated
To name; to designate. quotations examples
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.
1761, A Complete History of the Arabs
On the contrary, those other passions, commonly denominated selfish, both produce different sentiments in each individual, according to his particular situation […]
1751, David Hume, “(please specify the page)”, in An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […]
{...} in those two months, Mrs. Linton encountered and conquered the worst shock of what was denominated a brain fever.
1847, Emily Brontë, chapter XIII, in Wuthering Heights
To express in a monetary unit. examples