Nicknaming

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nickname \Nick"name`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nicknamed}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Nicknaming}.]
     To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.
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           You nickname virtue; vice you should have spoke.


                                                    --Shak.
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           I altogether disclaim what has been nicknamed the
           doctrine of finality.                    --Macaulay.
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