appoint
to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
to determine by authority or agreement; fix; set: to appoint a time for the meeting.
Law. to designate (a person) to take the benefit of an estate created by a deed or will.
to provide with what is necessary; equip; furnish: They appointed the house with all the latest devices.
Archaic. to order or establish by decree or command; ordain; constitute: laws appointed by God.
Obsolete. to point at by way of censure.
Obsolete. to ordain; resolve; determine.
Origin of appoint
1synonym study For appoint
Other words for appoint
Opposites for appoint
Other words from appoint
- ap·point·a·ble, adjective
- ap·point·er, noun
- mis·ap·point, verb (used with object)
- re·ap·point, verb (used with object)
- un·ap·point·a·ble, adjective
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How to use appoint in a sentence
Instead of Parliament they will try to rule with judges appointed by the king; they will do everything for their appointer.
Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander DumasThe well-being of the country, with appointer and appointees, becomes a secondary consideration.
The Galaxy, June 1877 | VariousDiomed, who was rather ceremonious, had appointed a nomenclator, or appointer of places to each guest.
The Last Days of Pompeii | Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
British Dictionary definitions for appoint
/ (əˈpɔɪnt) /
(also intr) to assign officially, as for a position, responsibility, etc: he was appointed manager
to establish by agreement or decree; fix: a time was appointed for the duel
to prescribe or ordain: laws appointed by tribunal
property law to nominate (a person), under a power granted in a deed or will, to take an interest in property
to equip with necessary or usual features; furnish: a well-appointed hotel
Origin of appoint
1Derived forms of appoint
- appointer, noun
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