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 Name n.
 1. The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.
    Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.   --Gen. ii. 19.  
 What's in a name? That which we call a rose
 By any other name would smell as sweet.   --Shak.
 2. A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts.
    His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.   --Is. ix. 6.
 3. Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction.
    What men of name resort to him?   --Shak.
    Far above . . . every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.   --Eph. i. 21.
    I will get me a name and honor in the kingdom.   --1 Macc. iii. 14.
    He hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin.   --Deut. xxii. 19.
    The king's army . . . had left no good name behind.   --Clarendon.
 4. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
    The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name, came every day to pay their feigned civilities.   --Motley.
 5. A person, an individual. [Poetic]
    They list with women each degenerate name.   --Dryden.
 Christian name. (a) The name a person receives at baptism, as distinguished from surname; baptismal name; in western countries, it is also called a first name. (b) A given name, whether received at baptism or not.
 Given name. See under Given.
 In name, in profession, or by title only; not in reality; as, a friend in name.
 In the name of.  (a) In behalf of; by the authority of. “ I charge you in the duke's name to obey me.” --Shak. (b) In the represented or assumed character of. “I'll to him again in name of Brook.” --Shak.
 Name plate, a plate as of metal, glass, etc., having a name upon it, as a sign; a doorplate.
 Pen name, a name assumed by an author; a pseudonym or nom de plume. --Bayard Taylor.
 Proper name Gram., a name applied to a particular person, place, or thing.
 To call names, to apply opprobrious epithets to; to call by reproachful appellations.
 To take a name in vain, to use a name lightly or profanely; to use a name in making flippant or dishonest oaths. --Ex. xx. 7.
 Syn: -- Appellation; title; designation; cognomen; denomination; epithet.
 Usage: -- Name, Appellation, Title, Denomination. Name is generic, denoting that combination of sounds or letters by which a person or thing is known and distinguished. Appellation, although sometimes put for name simply, denotes, more properly, a descriptive term (called also agnomen or cognomen), used by way of marking some individual peculiarity or characteristic; as, Charles the Bold, Philip the Stammerer. A title is a term employed to point out one's rank, office, etc.; as, the Duke of Bedford, Paul the Apostle, etc. Denomination is to particular bodies what appellation is to individuals; thus, the church of Christ is divided into different denominations, as Congregationalists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, etc.
 In, prep.  The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In its different applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, and sometimes is interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, and among. It is used: --
 1. With reference to space or place; as, he lives in Boston; he traveled in Italy; castles in the air.
    The babe lying in a manger.   --Luke ii. 16.
    Thy sun sets weeping in the lowly west.   --Shak.
    Situated in the forty-first degree of latitude.   --Gibbon.
    Matter for censure in every page.   --Macaulay.
 2. With reference to circumstances or conditions; as, he is in difficulties; she stood in a blaze of light. “Fettered in amorous chains.”
    Wrapt in sweet sounds, as in bright veils.   --Shelley.
 3. With reference to a whole which includes or comprises the part spoken of; as, the first in his family; the first regiment in the army.
    Nine in ten of those who enter the ministry.   --Swift.
 4. With reference to physical surrounding, personal states, etc., abstractly denoted; as, I am in doubt; the room is in darkness; to live in fear.
 When shall we three meet again,
 In thunder, lightning, or in rain?   --Shak.
 5. With reference to character, reach, scope, or influence considered as establishing a limitation; as, to be in one's favor. “In sight of God's high throne.”
    Sounds inharmonious in themselves, and harsh.   --Cowper.
 6. With reference to movement or tendency toward a certain limit or environment; -- sometimes equivalent to into; as, to put seed in the ground; to fall in love; to end in death; to put our trust in God.
    He would not plunge his brother in despair.   --Addison.
    She had no jewels to deposit in their caskets.   --Fielding.
 7. With reference to a limit of time; as, in an hour; it happened in the last century; in all my life.
 In as much as, or Inasmuch as, in the degree that; in like manner as; in consideration that; because that; since. See Synonym of Because, and cf. For as much as, under For, prep.
 In that, because; for the reason that. “Some things they do in that they are men . . . ; some things in that they are men misled and blinded with error.” --Hooker.
 In the name of, in behalf of; on the part of; by authority; as, it was done in the name of the people; -- often used in invocation, swearing, praying, and the like.
 To be in for it. (a) To be in favor of a thing; to be committed to a course. (b) To be unable to escape from a danger, penalty, etc. [Colloq.]
 To be in with or To keep in with. (a) To be close or near; as, to keep a ship in with the land. (b) To be on terms of friendship, familiarity, or intimacy with; to secure and retain the favor of. [Colloq.]
 Syn: -- Into; within; on; at. See At.