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How to sign: create and charge with a task or function
"nominate a committee";
Similiar / Same: appoint, constitute, nominate
Categories: constitute, establish, found, institute, plant
Within this category: co-opt, pack
How to sign: assign a specified, proper name to
"They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader";
Similiar / Same: call
Categories: label
Within this category: baptize, dub, entitle, rename, style, tag, term
How to sign: a well-known or notable person
"they studied all the great names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure in modern music";
Similiar / Same: public figure, figure
Categories: important person, influential person, personage
How to sign: make reference to
"His name was mentioned in connection with the invention";
Similiar / Same: mention, cite, refer, advert, bring up
Categories: have in mind, mean, think of
Within this category: commend, cross-refer, drag up, invoke, namedrop, quote, raise, remember, speak of the devil, touch on
