▪ I. † ˈnuncupate, pa. pple. Obs. rare—1.
In 6 num-.
[ad. L. nuncupāt-us: see next.]
Called.
| a 1548 Hall Chron. Edw. IV 248 b, We beyng called reasonable creatures,..be more worthy to be numcupate, and demed persones vnresonable. |
▪ II. nuncupate, v.
(ˈnʌnkjuːpeɪt)
[f. ppl. stem of L. nuncupāre to name, declare.]
† 1. trans. To name, designate. Obs. rare.
| 1609 Holland Amm. Marcell. xxii. ii. 189 By the last words he spake he nuncupated him successor in his imperiall throne. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Nuncupate, to name, to call by some name; also to pronounce, tell by name or rehearse. |
† 2. To express (a vow) in words. Obs.
| 1606 Holland Sueton. 83 The vowes..he commanded his colleague Tiberivs to nuncupate and pronounce. 1635 Jackson Creed viii. xxii. Wks. VIII. 69 They nuncupate this their solemn vow unto the Lord our God. 1788 Burke Sp. agst. W. Hastings Wks. XV. 32 They do here..make this solemn declaration, and nuncupate this deliberate vow. |
3. To declare (a will) orally.
| a 1677 Barrow Pope's Supremacy v. §7 But how doth that Will appear?..in what Registers is it extant? in whose presence did he nuncupate it? 1880 Muirhead Gaius ii. 109 Although they may neither have provided the number of witnesses.., nor nuncupated their will, they do not the less test validly. |
† 4. To dedicate (a work) to some one. Obs.
| 1550 Veron tr. Zwinglius' Short Pathw. Ded., Which small worke I doo moste humblye dedicate, offer, and nuncupate vnto your ryghte worshipfull maistershippe. 1637 Bastwick Litany i. 1 [It] was one of the principall causes of this nuncupating my Letany to your Ladiship. 1656 Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 82 You should on my advice have nuncupated this handsome monument of your skill and dexterity to some great one. |
Hence ˈnuncupating vbl. n.
| 1679 T. Puller Moder. Ch. Eng. (1843) 152 Our Church..nowhere..alloweth nuncupating of vows, or offering sacrifices to Saints. |