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predesignate

adj

Etymology

From pre- + designate. Adjective coined by Sir William Hamilton.

  1. borrowed from dēsignātus
  2. formed as predesignate — “pre- + designate”

Definitions

  1. Designated in advance.

  2. Having its quantity indicated by a verbal sign, as with "all", "none", etc.

  3. To designate in advance.

    • The agent had to dead-drop the locker key to the PGU by some simple means, such as by taping it underneath a predesignated park bench, where it could be retrieved unobtrusively, usually by an officer under illegal cover.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for predesignate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA