verb

1. To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.

2. To entitle, confer a name upon.

   “1658: the City of Norwich [...] was enlarged, builded and nominated by the Saxons. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 12)”

Synonyms: bename

adjective

1. Nominotypical

   “the nominate subspecies”