- Assign - Indicate or specify - Name; appoint - Designated; appointed; chosen. - To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to
indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify;
as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters
who are to be arrested. - To call by a distinctive title; to name. - To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; --
with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post
or station.