[f. L. cognōmināt- (see prec.) + -ATE3.] trans. a. To give a cognomen or surname to; to nickname. b. loosely. To name, style, call.

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1609.  Man in Moone (1849), 7. He cognominated him Opinion.

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1632.  Lithgow, Trav., IX. 384. It is now called Sicilia…. By Diodorus Siculus, it was cognominated the Paragon of Iles.

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1849.  De Quincey, Wks., IV. 327. Under this eminent man, whom in Greek I cognominated Cyclops diphrélates.

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