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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denominate.

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Examples

  • I don't wonder, though, that men who had been in what our modern slang denominates the 'racket' of the antislavery reform should be tired.

    A Fool's Errand. By One of the Fools 1879

  • On that field he was a portentous man, a monster; and, viewing him as such, I am disposed to concede a few words to what modern slang denominates his "antecedents."

    Memorials and Other Papers — Complete Thomas De Quincey 1822

  • On that field he was a portentous man, a monster; and, viewing him as such, I am disposed to concede a few words to what modern slang denominates his "antecedents."

    Memorials and Other Papers — Volume 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822

  • But despite the fact Concacaf has headquarters and regional offices in the US and the fact it denominates its revenues in US dollars, its auditor is not American.

    Business as usual for suspended Confederation of African Football pair 2011

  • After a few pages of general language about discovery, the guide quickly devolves into its essence: lists of documents that FINRA denominates "presumptively discoverable."

    FINRA Arbitration Rule Change Pinches Investors 2010

  • If a transaction is done in Facebook credits that results in cash back -- what currency denominates as the basis for a "global currency?"

    Alan W. Silberberg: Facebook Credits as New Real Currency? Alan W. Silberberg 2010

  • If a transaction is done in Facebook credits that results in cash back -- what currency denominates as the basis for a "global currency?"

    Alan W. Silberberg: Facebook Credits as New Real Currency? Alan W. Silberberg 2010

  • It is esse rather than existere which “denominates the pure actuality of a being.”

    Amputee 2009

  • Pursuits of Literature, so severe on that species of writing, denominates her The Mighty Magician of The Mysteries of Udolpho.

    The Curate and His Daughter, a Cornish Tale 2008

  • Besides these circumstances of romantic locality, mea paupera regna (as Captain Dalgetty denominates his territory of Drumthwacket) are bounded by a small but deep lake, from which eyes that yet look on the light are said to have seen the waterbull ascend, and shake the hills with his roar.

    The Monastery 2008

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