Word: nominates
To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.
To entitle, confer a name upon. Example: 1658: the City of Norwich [...] was enlarged, builded and nominated by the Saxons. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 12)
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