administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"
bestow
ANOINT
administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
choose by or as if by divine intervention; "She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group"
APPOINT
furnish; "a beautifully appointed house"
create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"
assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"
ASSIGN
select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"
attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"
transfer one's right to
give out; "We were assigned new uniforms"
make undue claims to having
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
EARMARK
identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal
Set aside for future use
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"
a distinctive characteristic or attribute
NAME
identify as in botany or biology, for example
give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of; "List the states west of the Mississippi"
mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!"
make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"
charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"
by the sanction or authority of; "halt in the name of the law"
a language unit
TAP
make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"
draw from; make good use of; "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely"
strike lightly; "He tapped me on the shoulder"
cut a female screw thread with a tap
pierce in order to draw a liquid from; "tap a maple tree for its syrup"; "tap a keg of beer"
a light touch or stroke
draw (liquor) from a tap; "tap beer in a bar"
the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes; "Glover tapdances better than anybody"
a plug for a bunghole in a cask
walk with a tapping sound
a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads