dub

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to give something or someone a particular name, especially describing what you think of it, him, or her:

She was dubbed by the newspapers "the Angel of Death".

to give a man the rank of knight, an honour given by a British king or queen, in a special ceremony that involves touching his shoulders with a sword:

King John knighted him and dubbed him Sir Richard Plantagenet.

After the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797, Nelson was dubbed a Knight of the Bath.

to change the sounds and speech on a film or television programme, especially to a different language:

dub something into something They bought American TV programmes and dubbed them into Italian.

I'd rather watch a film with subtitles than one dubbed into English.

be dubbed over To conceal his identity, the man's voice has been dubbed over (= an actor speaks his words).

a style of music or poetry connected with reggae in which the main part of the tune is removed and various special effects are added

to give something or someone a particular name, esp. describing what you think of that person or thing:

At age 21 Ella Fitzgerald was dubbed "The First Lady of Swing."

to use different voices, sounds, or images in a movie, television program, recording, etc., to replace others made originally or as added parts:

She is no singer, and her rock ’n’ roll numbers were dubbed.

The scenery is dubbed into the CD-ROM movie using computer-graphics software.