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obs. imp. of Nim. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being named. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. namare to take; cf. AS. niman to take. ] (O. Eng. & Scots Law) A distraining or levying of a distress; an impounding. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Indian name. ] (Zool.) A large North American lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush). It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over forty pounds. Called also Mackinaw trout, lake trout, lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, and tuladi. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Ambrose Phillips, in ridicule of the extreme simplicity of some of his verses. ] Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Affectedly pretty; weakly sentimental; finical; insipid. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Namby-pamby madrigals of love. W. Gifford. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Indecisive or weak; lacking firmness or resolve; -- of actions and policies. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Named p. pr. & vb. n. Naming. ] [ AS. namian. See Name, n. ] 1. To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call. [ 1913 Webster ]

She named the child Ichabod. 1 Sam. iv. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus was the building left
Ridiculous, and the work Confusion named. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to refer to by distinctive title; to mention. [ 1913 Webster ]

None named thee but to praise. Halleck. [ 1913 Webster ]

Old Yew, which graspest at the stones
That name the underlying dead. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to nominate; to specify; to appoint; as, to name a day for the wedding; to name someone as ambassador. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whom late you have named for consul. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (House of Commons) To designate (a member) by name, as the Speaker does by way of reprimand. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To denominate; style; term; call; mention; specify; designate; nominate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. nama; akin to D. naam, OS. & OHG. namo, G. name, Icel. nafn, for namn, Dan. navn, Sw. namn, Goth. namō, L. nomen (perh. influenced by noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know), Gr. 'o`mona, Scr. nāman. √267. Cf. Anonymous, Ignominy, Misnomer, Nominal, Noun. ] 1. The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Gen. ii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts. [ 1913 Webster ]

His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Is. ix. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction. [ 1913 Webster ]

What men of name resort to him? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Far above . . . every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. Eph. i. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will get me a name and honor in the kingdom. 1 Macc. iii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

He hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin. Deut. xxii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king's army . . . had left no good name behind. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Those of a certain name; a race; a family. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name, came every day to pay their feigned civilities. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A person, an individual. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They list with women each degenerate name. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Christian name. (a) The name a person receives at baptism, as distinguished from surname; baptismal name; in western countries, it is also called a first name. (b) A given name, whether received at baptism or not. --
Given name. See under Given. --
In name, in profession, or by title only; not in reality; as, a friend in name. --
In the name of. (a) In behalf of; by the authority of. “ I charge you in the duke's name to obey me.” Shak. (b) In the represented or assumed character of. “I'll to him again in name of Brook.” Shak. --
Name plate, a plate as of metal, glass, etc., having a name upon it, as a sign; a doorplate. --
Pen name, a name assumed by an author; a pseudonym or nom de plume. Bayard Taylor. --
Proper name (Gram.), a name applied to a particular person, place, or thing. --
To call names, to apply opprobrious epithets to; to call by reproachful appellations. --
To take a name in vain, to use a name lightly or profanely; to use a name in making flippant or dishonest oaths. Ex. xx. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Appellation; title; designation; cognomen; denomination; epithet. -- Name, Appellation, Title, Denomination. Name is generic, denoting that combination of sounds or letters by which a person or thing is known and distinguished. Appellation, although sometimes put for name simply, denotes, more properly, a descriptive term (called also agnomen or cognomen), used by way of marking some individual peculiarity or characteristic; as, Charles the Bold, Philip the Stammerer. A title is a term employed to point out one's rank, office, etc.; as, the Duke of Bedford, Paul the Apostle, etc. Denomination is to particular bodies what appellation is to individuals; thus, the church of Christ is divided into different denominations, as Congregationalists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]