denominate
verb (used with object)
to give a name to; denote; designate.
had denominated
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past perfectof denominate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It darted out from a narrow passage between two of the smaller islands surrounding the one that Alvin Baker had denominated "Friday."
From The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands by J. W. Duffield
Church-History is chiefly a Relation of Church-mens Wrangles, and D. Cave in a late Book of his had denominated every Century from some eminent Quarrel which arose among the Clergy.
From An Account of the Growth of Deism in England by William Stephens
I saw the state of the case—the cause, and the effect—at a glance—"that woman!"—as he had denominated her with such emphasis in the morning.
From Ups and Downs in the Life of a Distressed Gentleman by William L. (William Leete) Stone
The facts it detailed, as to the extent of the traffic, astonished all who paid any attention to what Mr. Pitt had denominated "the greatest practical evil that ever afflicted mankind."
From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Henry B. Stanton
The children, whom he had denominated "ragged brats," were no longer spurned with contempt, but fed with peanuts and molasses candy.
From Bad Hugh by Mary Jane Holmes
