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n. [ L. agnominatio. See Agnomen. ] 1. A surname. [ R. ] Minsheu. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Paronomasia; also, alliteration; annomination. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To name. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. annominatio. See Agnomination. ] 1. Paronomasia; punning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Alliteration. [ Obs. ] Tyrwhitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cognominatio. ] A cognomen or surname. [ R. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Denominated p. pr. & vb. n. Denominating ] [ L. denominatus, p. p. of denominare to name; de- + nominare to call by name. See Nominate. ] To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle; to name; to designate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Passions commonly denominating selfish. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. denominatus, p. p. ] 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. See Compound number, under Compound. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. denominatio metonymy: cf. F. dénomination a naming. ] 1. The act of naming or designating. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals; a category; as, the denomination of units, or of thousands, or of fourths, or of shillings, or of tons. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those [ qualities ] which are classed under the denomination of sublime. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians.

Syn. -- Name; appellation; title. See Name. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a denomination, especially to a sect or society. “Denominational differences.” Buckle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A denominational or class spirit or policy; devotion to the interests of a sect or denomination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One imbued with a denominational spirit. The Century. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a denominational manner; by denomination or sect. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. dénominatif. ] 1. Conferring a denomination or name. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) Connotative; as, a denominative name. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable. [ 1913 Webster ]

The least denominative part of time is a minute. Cocker. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Gram.) Derived from a substantive or an adjective; as, a denominative verb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A denominative name or term; denominative verb. Jer. Taylor. Harkness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By denomination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dénominateur. ] 1. One who, or that which, gives a name; origin or source of a name. [ 1913 Webster ]

This opinion that Aram . . . was the father and denomination of the Syrians in general. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arith.) That number placed below the line in common fractions which shows into how many parts the integer or unit is divided. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Thus, in 3/5, 5 is the denominator, showing that the integer is divided into five parts; and the numerator, 3, shows how many parts are taken. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Alg.) That part of any expression under a fractional form which is situated below the horizontal line signifying division. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In this sense, the denominator is not necessarily a number, but may be any expression, either positive or negative, real or imaginary. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.) [ 1913 Webster ]

common denominator a number which can divide either of two or more other numbers without leaving a remainder in any of the divisions; as, 2 and 4 are common denominators of 12 and 28.. --
greatest common denominator the largest common denominator of two or more numbers; as, 9 is the greatest common denominator of 18 and 27.. [ PJC ]

. (Political Science) The nomination or designation of candidates for public office by direct popular vote rather than through the action of a convention or body of elected nominating representatives or delegates. The term is applied both to the nomination of candidates without any nominating convention, and, loosely, to the nomination effected, as in the case of candidates for president or senator of the United States, by the election of nominating representatives pledged or instructed to vote for certain candidates dssignated by popular vote. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. innominatus; pref. in- not + nominare to name. ] 1. Having no name; unnamed; as, an innominate person or place. [ R. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) A term used in designating many parts otherwise unnamed; as, the innominate artery, a great branch of the arch of the aorta; the innominate vein, a great branch of the superior vena cava. [ 1913 Webster ]

Innominate bone (Anat.), the great bone which makes a lateral half of the pelvis in mammals; hip bone; haunch bone; huckle bone. It is composed of three bones, ilium, ischium, and pubis, consolidated into one in the adult, though separate in the fetus, as also in many adult reptiles and amphibians. --
Innominate contracts (Law), in the Roman law, contracts without a specific name. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Occurring between or among, or common to, different denominations; as, interdenominational fellowship or belief. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Nominated p. pr. & vb. n. Nominating ] [ L. nominatus, p. p. of nominare to nominate, fr. nomen name. See Name. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To mention by name; to name. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To nominate them all, it is impossible. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To call; to entitle; to denominate. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To set down in express terms; to state. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Is it so nominated in the bond? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To name, or designate by name, for an office or place; to appoint; esp., to name as a candidate for an election, choice, or appointment; to propose by name, or offer the name of, as a candidate for an office or place. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By name; particularly; namely. [ Obs. ] Spelman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nominatio: cf. F. nomination. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated; as, to win the nomination. [ 1913 Webster ]

The nomination of persons to places being . . . a flower of his crown, he would reserve to himself. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The denomination, or name. [ Obs. ] Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Gram.) Of or pertaining to the nominative case. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. nominativus belonging to a name, nominative. ] (Gram.) Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb. -- n. The nominative case. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of a nominative; as a nominative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who nominates. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not restricted to a particular religious denomination; as, a nondenominational school. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. praenominatus, p. p. of praenominare to give the prenomen to, to prenominate, fr. praenomen prenomen. ] Forenamed; named beforehand. [ R. ] “Prenominate crimes.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To forename; to name beforehand; to tell by name beforehand. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]