give name to
动词 v.
英文释义
动词 v.
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To express (something) in words; to identify by name.
— […] who may proceed against such Malignants where the Laws are wholy silent, and neither have given name to their fault, nor prescribed any punishment?
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To lend one's or its name to (something); to be the source of the name of (something).
— The ensign of the Duke [of York] was a white rose, that of Henry a red. This gave name to the two houses, whose contentions were now about to drench the kingdom with slaughter.
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To give a name to (a person or animal).
— 1568, The Bishops’ Bible, London, Table setting out the genealogy of Adam, And Adam gaue name to the woman, which was made of his ribbe (while he was a sleepe) and called her EVA, as he gaue name to al other creatures.
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