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name someone or something for someone or something

to name someone or something, using the name of someone or something, in any combination. I named her for the beauty of the rising sun. They named the mountain for the first person to see it.

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Having got a name for his horse so much to his taste, he was anxious to get one for himself, and he was eight days more pondering over this point, till at last he made up his mind to call himself "Don Quixote," whence, as has been already said, the authors of this veracious history have inferred that his name must have been beyond a doubt Quixada, and not Quesada as others would have it. Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context I was out of neutral names, but as the child was dead and she had never seen it, I thought I might risk a name for it and trust to luck. A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context Therefore it is wiser to have a reputation for meanness which brings reproach without hatred, than to be compelled through seeking a reputation for liberality to incur a name for rapacity which begets reproach with hatred. The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context			My lips are sealed My pleasure myself mystery nag at nail nail back nail colours to the mast nail down nail ears back nail in coffin nail in the coffin of nail into nail onto nail to a cross nail to the wall nail up nail-biting naked naked as a jaybird naked eye naked truth name name after name as name for name in lights name is mud name names name of the game name the day nap narrow narrow down narrow squeak nasty natural natural-born nature Nature abhors a vacuum nature stop naught nause out near near and dear to near at hand nearer the church, the farther from God nearest and dearest nearly nearly fall off chair nearly jump out of skin			Name at Lloyd's Name at Lloyd's Name at Lloyd's Name at Lloyd's Name at Lloyd's Name Authority Cooperative Name Authority Record Name binding Name Binding Protocol name brand Name Brand Casual Dining Name Brand Computer Outlet Name Brand Fast Food name calling name capture Name Changed to Protect the Guilty Name Changed to Protect the Innocent Name Changed to Protect the Innocent, Inc. Name Daemon Control Program name day name day name days name days Name decoration name delivery Name drop name dropper Name dropping name expressly Name Field Address name for name for else name for else to give name for office name in lights name inaccurately name incorrectly name is mud name is mud name is mud name is mud name is mud Name Lookup Protocol Name mangling Name Mapping Authority Hostport Name mapuey Name meanings Name meanings name names Name of alien character Name of Input Raster name of the game name of the game Name on Back Removed name one by one Name One Reason Why I Came Here name parsing name part Name plate Name plates Name Policy Advisory Panel

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