desIgnate

[Lat. design at us, pa. par. of designo to mark, to denote.] [DESIGN, v.] Appointed, chosen to an office, but not yet formally and fully admitted. "Sir Richard Plantage net, the fourth duke of that royal family, and king of England, designate by King Henry the sixth."-Sir G. Buck: Hist. of Richard III . (1646), p. 8. děş-ig-nā-těd, pa . par . or a. [DESIGNATE, v.] děş'-Ig-nāt-Ing, pr. par., adj. & s. [DESIGNATE, v.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of denoting, distinguishing, or appointing; designation.