Though this agent can corroborate Agent Mulder's account of two unidentified flying objects in the northern sky over Ellens Air Base, their exact nature or design could not be determined.
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Designated; p. pr. & vb. n. Designating. ]1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To call by a distinctive title; to name. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; as, to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.
[よぶ, yobu] (v5b, vt) (1) to call out (to); to call; to invoke; (2) to summon (a doctor, etc.); (3) to invite; (4) to designate; to name; to brand; (5) to garner (support, etc.); to gather; (6) (arch) (See 娶る) to take as one's wife; (P)#2149