Named

5 definitions found

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

  named \named\ adj.
     1. given or having a specified name; as, an actor named
        Harold Lloyd; a building in Cardiff named the Temple of
        Peace. Contrasted to {unnamed}.
  
     Syn: called.


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     2. bearing the author's name; as, a named source. Opposite of
        {anonymous}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Name \Name\ (n[=a]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Named} (n[=a]md); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Naming}.] [AS. namian. See {Name}, n.]
     1. To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle;
        to denominate; to style; to call.
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              She named the child Ichabod.          --1 Sam. iv.
                                                    21.
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              Thus was the building left
              Ridiculous, and the work Confusion named. --Milton.
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     2. To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to
        refer to by distinctive title; to mention.
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              None named thee but to praise.        --Halleck.
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              Old Yew, which graspest at the stones
              That name the underlying dead.        --Tennyson.
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     3. To designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to
        nominate; to specify; to appoint; as, to name a day for
        the wedding; to name someone as ambassador.
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              Whom late you have named for consul.  --Shak.
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     4. (House of Commons) To designate (a member) by name, as the
        Speaker does by way of reprimand.
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     Syn: To denominate; style; term; call; mention; specify;
          designate; nominate.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  named
       adj 1: given or having a specified name; "they called his name
              Jesus"; "forces...which Empedocles called `love' and
              `hate'"; "an actor named Harold Lloyd"; "a building in
              Cardiff named the Temple of Peace" [syn: {called}]
       2: bearing the author's name; "a named source"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "named":
     accepted, adopted, aforementioned, aforenamed, aforesaid,
     appointed, approved, beforementioned, called, carried, chosen,
     christened, denominate, denominated, designated, dubbed, elect,
     elected, elected by acclamation, embraced, espoused, foregoing,
     forementioned, forenamed, former, handpicked, identified as,
     known as, nominated, passed, picked, ratified, said, same, select,
     selected, styled, termed, titled, unanimously elected, yclept
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  named
       
           Name Daemon.
       
           A {Unix} {background} process that converts
          {hostnames} to {Internet addresses} for the {TCP/IP}
          {protocol}.
       
          {Unix manual page}: named(8).
       
          See also {DNS}.
       
          (1995-03-28)