Appoint, nominate (9)
I believe the answer is:
designate
This clue is a double definition.
'appoint' is the first definition.
(I know that designate is a more specific form of the action appoint)
'nominate' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)
(Other definitions for designate that I've seen before include "Appointed but not yet in post" , "Assign" , "Allocate" , "Appoint" , "Identify" .)