资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Denominate \De*nom"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Denominated};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Denominating}.] [L. denominatus, p. p. of
   denominare to name; de- + nominare to call by name. See
   {Nominate}.]
   To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle;
   to name; to designate.

         Passions commonly denominating selfish.  --Hume.