WordNet sense 1 (a well-known or notable person):

figure, public figure

WordNet sense 2 (family based on male descent):

gens

WordNet sense 3 (a defamatory or abusive word or phrase):

epithet

WordNet sense 4 (charge with a function; charge to be):

make, nominate

WordNet sense 5 (create and charge with a task or function):

appoint, constitute

WordNet sense 6 (assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to):

call

WordNet sense 7 (give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property):

identify

WordNet sense 8 (make reference to):

advert, cite, mention, refer, advert, bring up

WordNet sense 9 (give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of):

list

WordNet sense 10 (identify as in botany or biology, for example):

describe, discover, distinguish, key, key out

WordNet sense 11 (determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis):

diagnose