Definition: nominate

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

nominate
     v 1: propose as a candidate for some honor [syn: put up, put
          forward]
     2: put forward; nominate for appointment to an office; "The
        President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights
        Commission" [syn: propose]
     3: charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of
        the Committee"; "She was made president of the club" [syn:
         name, make]
     4: charge with a task or function; "appoint someone president";
        "nominate a committee" [syn: appoint, name, constitute]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Nominate \Nom"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nominated; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Nominating.] [L. nominatus, p. p. of nominare to
   nominate, fr. nomen name. See Name.]
   1. To mention by name; to name. [Obs.]

            To nominate them all, it is impossible. --Shak.

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

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

            Is it so noiminated in the bond?      --Shak.

   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.

NOMINATE, v.  To designate for the heaviest political assessment.  To
put forward a suitable person to incur the mudgobbling and deadcatting
of the opposition.