different between vouch vs designate
vouch
English
Etymology
From Middle English vouchen, that borrowed from Old French voucher, from Latin voc?re, present active infinitive of voc?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?va?t?/
- Rhymes: -a?t?
Verb
vouch (third-person singular simple present vouches, present participle vouching, simple past and past participle vouched)
- To take responsibility for; to express confidence in; to witness; to obtest.
- To warrant; to maintain by affirmations
- Synonyms: attest, affirm, avouch
- October 28, 1705, Francis Atterbury, a sermon
- They made him ashamed first to vouch the truth of the relation, and afterwards to credit it.
- To back; to support; to confirm.
- To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title.
- (obsolete) To call; to summon.
- 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke named the Governour
- [They] vouch (as I might say) to their aid the authority of the writers.
- 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke named the Governour
- To bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation.
- To call as a witness.
- To assert; to aver; to declare.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Related terms
- avouch
Translations
Noun
vouch (plural vouches)
- Warrant; attestation.
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designate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin designatus, past participle of designare. Doublet of design.
Pronunciation
- (adjective) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?z??.n?t/, /?d?z??.ne?t/
- (verb) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?z??.ne?t/
Adjective
designate (not comparable)
- Designated; appointed; chosen.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir G. Buck to this entry?)
- (Britain) Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role.
Verb
designate (third-person singular simple present designates, present participle designating, simple past and past participle designated)
- To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
- To call by a distinctive title; to name.
- To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.
Synonyms
- (mark out and make known): denote, describe, indicate, note
- (call by a distinctive title): denominate, entitle, name, style; see also Thesaurus:denominate
- (set apart for a purpose or duty): allocate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart
Derived terms
- designated driver
- designated hitter
Related terms
- codesignative
- designation
- designative
- designatum
Translations
Further reading
- designate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- designate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Interlingua
Participle
designate
- past participle of designar
Italian
Verb
designate
- second-person plural present and imperative of designare
- feminine plural of designato
Adjective
designate
- feminine plural of designato
Anagrams
- disegnate
- sdegniate
Latin
Verb
d?sign?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of d?sign?
References
- designate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- designate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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