dub

To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword, the accolade.

You promiſt Knighthood to our forward ſonne, / Vnſheath your ſword, and dub him preſently.

It occurred to him that he had not been dubbed a knight, and that according to the law of chivalry he neither could nor ought to bear arms against any knight; […].

To name, to entitle, to call.

They tripped along the murky aisles with the rest of the company, visiting the familiar wonders of the cave—wonders dubbed with rather over-descriptive names, such as “The Drawing-Room,” “The Cathedral,” Aladdin’s Palace,” and so on.

As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “near-aissance.”

To deem.

A man of wealth is dubbed a man of worth.

To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.

His diadem was dropped down / Dubbed with stones.

To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab.

to dub a stick of timber smooth

To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.

Now the drum dubb's.

To do something badly.

To execute a shot poorly.

A blow, thrust, or poke.

And kettle-drums, whose sullen dub Sounds like the hooping of a tub

A poorly executed shot.