Literary notes about Nominate (AI summary)
The word "nominate" in literature is often imbued with a sense of formal delegation and political responsibility, serving as a marker of authority and procedure. For instance, Rousseau criticizes the Romans for their failure to nominate a dictator during a time of crisis, highlighting how an official proposal could alter the course of events [1]. In other contexts, nomination emerges as an essential element of civic and governmental processes, as demonstrated by the detailed accounts of ward meetings electing delegates to nominate candidates for public office [2] and the structured American political system where governors nominate and councils confirm appointments in a rigorous process [3, 4]. Literary narratives also harness the term to weave themes of succession and leadership—whether it's the British Government nominating heirs to the throne [5] or characters in novels being formally put forward for positions of authority [6, 7]—illustrating its broad applicability in depicting the mechanisms of power and societal order.
- This misconception led the Romans to make great mistakes; such, for example, as the failure to nominate a dictator in the Catilinarian conspiracy.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - In our cities, the ward meetings elect delegates to the nominating conventions and instruct them whom to nominate.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner - Jay intended that the governor should nominate and the Council confirm, and in the event of a tie the governor should have the casting vote.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Clinton, as governor and a member of the Council, refused to nominate Benson, insisting that the exclusive right of nomination was vested in him.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - The British Government will change the succession in Hilas and Bunar, and nominate new heirs to the throne.
— from Kim by Rudyard Kipling - We will nominate Adrian, and do our best to bestow on him the power to which he is entitled by his birth, and which he merits through his virtues.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - If I should nominate 'ee to succeed him, and there should be no particular opposition, will 'ee accept the chair?”
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy