name

name
    n 1: a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his
         name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for
         the same thing"
    2: a person's reputation; "he wanted to protect his good name"
    3: family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was
       no one to carry on his name" [syn: {name}, {gens}]
    4: a well-known or notable person; "they studied all the great
       names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure
       in modern music" [syn: {name}, {figure}, {public figure}]
    5: by the sanction or authority of; "halt in the name of the
       law"
    6: a defamatory or abusive word or phrase [syn: {name},
       {epithet}]
    v 1: assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They
         named their son David"; "The new school was named after the
         famous Civil Rights leader" [syn: {name}, {call}]
    2: give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by
       name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many
       senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The
       almanac identifies the auspicious months" [syn: {name},
       {identify}]
    3: charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of
       the Committee"; "She was made president of the club" [syn:
       {name}, {nominate}, {make}]
    4: create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a
       committee" [syn: {appoint}, {name}, {nominate}, {constitute}]
    5: mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!"
    6: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with
       the invention" [syn: {mention}, {advert}, {bring up}, {cite},
       {name}, {refer}]
    7: identify as in botany or biology, for example [syn:
       {identify}, {discover}, {key}, {key out}, {distinguish},
       {describe}, {name}]
    8: give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of;
       "List the states west of the Mississippi" [syn: {list},
       {name}]
    9: determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an
       illness through a diagnostic analysis [syn: {diagnose},
       {name}]
    

Name \Name\ (n[=a]m), n. [AS. nama; akin to D. naam, OS. & OHG.
   namo, G. name, Icel. nafn, for namn, Dan. navn, Sw. namn,
   Goth. nam[=o], L. nomen (perh. influenced by noscere,
   gnoscere, to learn to know), Gr. 'o`mona, Scr. n[=a]man.
   [root]267. Cf. {Anonymous}, {Ignominy}, {Misnomer},
   {Nominal}, {Noun}.]
   1. The title by which any person or thing is known or
      designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of
      an individual or a class.
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            Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that
            was the name thereof.                 --Gen. ii. 19.
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            What's in a name? That which we call a rose
            By any other name would smell as sweet. --Shak.
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   2. A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person
      or thing, on account of a character or acts.
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            His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The
            mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of
            Peace.                                --Is. ix. 6.
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   3. Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation;
      fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable
      estimation; distinction.
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            What men of name resort to him?       --Shak.
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            Far above . . . every name that is named, not only
            in this world, but also in that which is to come.
                                                  --Eph. i. 21.
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            I will get me a name and honor in the kingdom. --1
                                                  Macc. iii. 14.
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            He hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin.
                                                  --Deut. xxii.
                                                  19.
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            The king's army . . . had left no good name behind.
                                                  --Clarendon.
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   4. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
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            The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his
            name, came every day to pay their feigned
            civilities.                           --Motley.
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   5. A person, an individual. [Poetic]
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            They list with women each degenerate name. --Dryden.
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   {Christian name}.
      (a) The name a person receives at baptism, as
          distinguished from {surname}; baptismal name; in
          western countries, it is also called a {first name}.
      (b) A given name, whether received at baptism or not.

   {Given name}. See under {Given}.

   {In name}, in profession, or by title only; not in reality;
      as, a friend in name.

   {In the name of}.
      (a) In behalf of; by the authority of. " I charge you in
          the duke's name to obey me."            --Shak.
      (b) In the represented or assumed character of. "I'll to
          him again in name of Brook."            --Shak.

   {Name plate}, a plate as of metal, glass, etc., having a name
      upon it, as a sign; a doorplate.

   {Pen name}, a name assumed by an author; a pseudonym or {nom
      de plume}. --Bayard Taylor.

   {Proper name} (Gram.), a name applied to a particular person,
      place, or thing.

   {To call names}, to apply opprobrious epithets to; to call by
      reproachful appellations.

   {To take a name in vain}, to use a name lightly or profanely;
      to use a name in making flippant or dishonest oaths. --Ex.
      xx. 7.
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   Syn: Appellation; title; designation; cognomen; denomination;
        epithet.

   Usage: {Name}, {Appellation}, {Title}, {Denomination}. Name
          is generic, denoting that combination of sounds or
          letters by which a person or thing is known and
          distinguished. Appellation, although sometimes put for
          name simply, denotes, more properly, a descriptive
          term (called also {agnomen} or {cognomen}), used by
          way of marking some individual peculiarity or
          characteristic; as, Charles the Bold, Philip the
          Stammerer. A title is a term employed to point out
          one's rank, office, etc.; as, the Duke of Bedford,
          Paul the Apostle, etc. Denomination is to particular
          bodies what appellation is to individuals; thus, the
          church of Christ is divided into different
          denominations, as Congregationalists, Episcopalians,
          Presbyterians, etc.
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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.
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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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NAME. One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as 
Socrates, Benjamin Franklin. 
     2. The Greeks, as is well known, bore only one name, and it was one of 
the especial rights of a father to choose the names for hi's children and to 
alter them if he pleased. It was customary to give to the eldest son the 
name of the grandfather on his father's side. The day on which children 
received their names was the tenth after their birth. The tenth day, called 
'denate,' was a festive day, and friends and relatives were invited to take 
part in a sacrifice and a repast. If in a court of justice proofs could be 
adduced that a father had held the denate, it was sufficient evidence that 
be had recognized the child as his own. Smith's Diet. of Greek and Rom. 
Antiq. h.v. 
     3. Among the Romans, the division into races, and the subdivision of 
races into families, caused a great multiplicity of names. They had first 
the pronomen, which was proper to the person; then the nomen, belonging to 
his race; a surname or cognomen, designating the family; and sometimes an 
agnomen, which indicated the branch of that family in which the author has 
become distinguished. Thus, for example, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus; 
Publius is the pronomen; Cornelius, the nomen, designating the name of the 
race Cornelia; Scipio, the cognomen, or surname of the family; and 
Africanus, the agnomen, which indicated his exploits. 
     4. Names are divided into Christian names, as, Benjamin, and surnames, 
as, Franklin. 
     5. No man can have more than one Christian name; 1 Ld. Raym. 562; Bac. 
Ab. Misnomer, A; though two or more names usually kept separate, as John and 
Peter, may undoubtedly be compounded, so as to form, in contemplation of 
law, but one. 5 T. R. 195. A letter put between the Christian and surname, 
as an abbreviation of a part of the Christian name, as, John B. Peterson, is 
no part of either. 4 Watts' R. 329; 5 John. R. 84; 14 Pet. R. 322; 3 Pet. R. 
7; 2 Cowen. 463; Co. Litt. 3 a; 1 Ld. Raym. 562;, Vin. Ab. Misnomer, C 6, 
pl. 5 and 6: Com. Dig. Indictment, G 1, note u; Willes, R. 654; Bac. Abr. 
Misnomer and Addition; 3 Chit. Pr. 164 to 173; 1 Young, R. 602. But see 7 
Watts & Serg. 406. 
     5. In general a corporation must contract and sue and be sued by its 
corporate name; 8 John. R. 295; 14 John. R. 238; 19 John. R. 300; 4 Rand. R. 
359; yet a slight alteration in stating the name is unimportant, if there be 
no possibility of mistaking the identity of the corporation suing. 12 L. R. 
444. 
     6. It sometimes happens that two different sets of partners carry on 
business in the same social name, and that one of the partners is a member 
of both firms. When there is a confusion in this respect, the partners of 
one firm may, in some cases, be made responsible for the debts of another. 
Baker v. Charlton, Peake's N. P. Cas. 80; 3 Mart. N. S. 39; 7 East. 210; 2 
Bouv. Inst. n. 1477. 
     7. It is said that in devises if the name be mistaken, if it appear the 
testator meant a particular corporation, the devise will be good; a devise 
to "the inhabitants of the south parish," may be enjoyed by the inhabitants 
of the first parish. 3 Pick. R. 232; 6 S. & R. 11; see also Hob. 33; 6 Co. 
65; 2 Cowen, R, 778. 
     8. As to names which have the same sound, see Bac. Ab. Misnomer, A; 7 
Serg & Rawle, 479; Hammond's Analysis of Pleading, 89; 10 East. R. 83; and 
article Idem Sonans. 
     9. As to the effect of using those which have the same derivation, see 
2 Roll. Ab. 135; 1 W. C. C. R. 285; 1 Chit. Cr. Law 108. For the effect of 
changing one name, see 1 Rop. Leg. 102; 3 M. & S. 453 Com. Dig. G 1, note x. 
    10. As to the omission or mistake of the name of a legatee, see 1 Rop. 
Leg. 132, 147; 1 Supp. to Ves. Jr. 81, 82; 6 Ves. 42; 1 P. Wms. 425; Jacob's 
R. 464. As to the effect of mistakes in the names of persons in pleading, 
see Steph. Pl. 319. Vide, generally, 13 Vin. Ab. 13; 15 Vin. Ab. 595; Dane's 
Ab. Index, h.t.; Roper on Leg. Index, b. t; 8 Com: Dig., 814; 3 Mis. R. 
144; 4 McCord, 487; 5 Halst. 230; 3 Mis. R. 227; 1 Pick. 388; Merl. Rep. mot 
Nom; and article Misnomer. 
    11. When a person uses a name in making a contract under seal, he will 
not be permitted to say that it is not his name; as, if he sign and seal a 
bond "A and B," (being his own and his partner's name,) and he had no 
authority from his partner to make such a deed, he cannot deny that his name 
is A. & B. 1 Raym. 2; 1 Salk. 214. And if a man describes himself in the 
body of a deed by the name of James and signs it John, he cannot, on being 
sued by the latter name, plead that his name is James. 3 Taunt. 505; Cro. 
Eliz. 897, n. a. Vide 3 P. & D. 271; 11 Ad. & L. 594. 
    

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      nomen nudum, nominate, notability, notable, notoriety,
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      point out, point to, pop hero, popular hero, popular idol,
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      proper noun, propose, public figure, publicity, publish, put up,
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      renown, report, reputation, repute, respect, rubric, ruling circle,
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      title, top brass, top people, trinomen, trinomial name, tycoon,
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