NUNCUPATE

nuncupate (n<<schwa>>ng-ky<<schwa>>-payt), vb.[fr. Latin nuncupare “call by name”] 1.Hist. To designate or name. 2. To vow or declare publicly and solemnly. 3. To declare orally, as a will. 4. To dedicate or inscribe (a work).

[Blacks Law 8th]