Definitions of name:

• noun:   by the sanction or authority of

  Example: "Halt in the name of the law"

• noun:   a language unit by which a person or thing is known

  Example: "His name really is George Washington"

• noun:   a defamatory or abusive word or phrase

  Example: "Sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me"

• noun:   family based on male descent

  Example: "He had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"

• noun:   a well-known or notable person

  Example: "They studied all the great names in the history of France"

• noun:   a person's reputation

  Example: "He wanted to protect his good name"

• verb:   charge with a function; charge to be

  Example: "She was named Head of the Committee"

• verb:   mention and identify by name

  Example: "Name your accomplices!"

• verb:   give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property

  Example: "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"

• verb:   assign a specified, proper name to

  Example: "They named their son David"

• verb:   create and charge with a task or function
• verb:   determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
• verb:   give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
• verb:   make reference to

  Example: "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"

• verb:   identify as in botany or biology, for example