designate

adopt, assign, choose, determine, establish, opt (for), pick, pin (down), prefer, select, settle, single (out), specify

arrange, coordinate, orchestrate

advertise, announce, declare, publish

authorize, delegate, depute, deputize

anoint, consecrate, create, inaugurate, induct, install, instate, institute, invest, make, ordain

crown, enthrone, throne

choose, destine, draft, elect, handpick, select, single (out), vote (in)

brand, stigmatize, tag

denote, specify

miscall, misname, mistitle

code-name, nickname

rechristen, relabel, rename

surname