predesignate

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ designate. Adjective coined by Sir William Hamilton.

Adjective

predesignate (not comparable)

1. Designated in advance.
2. (logic, of a proposition) Having its quantity indicated by a verbal sign, as with "all", "none", etc.

Antonyms

• preindesignate

Verb

predesignate (third-person singular simple present predesignates, present participle predesignating, simple past and past participle predesignated)

1. (transitive) To designate in advance.
   • 2007, Ion Mihai Pacepa, Programmed to Kill:

     The agent had to dead-drop the locker key to the PGU by some simple means, such as by taping it underneath a predesignated park bench, where it could be retrieved unobtrusively, usually by an officer under illegal cover.

Related terms

• designate
• predesignation