DESIGNATION, n. 1. The act of pointing or marking out by signs or objects; as the designation of an estate by boundaries.2. Indication; a showing or pointing; a distinguishing from others.3. Appointment; direction; as, a claim to a throne grounded on the designation of a predecessor.4. Appointment; a selecting and appointing; assignment; as the designation of an officer to a particular command.5. Import; distinct application.Finite and infinite are primarily attributed in their first designation to things which have parts.
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