designate - verb

• assign a name or title to
• give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
• indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
• decree or designate beforehand
• design or destine

designate - adjective

• appointed but not yet installed in office

designate - thesaurus

assign   delegate   denominate   depute   destine   doom   fate   indicate   intend   point   show   specify