appointed

[uh-poin-tid]

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adjective

by, through, or as a result of an appointment (often in contrast with elected): an appointed official.
predetermined; arranged; set: They met at the appointed time in the appointed place.
provided with what is necessary; equipped; furnished: a beautifully appointed office.

Origin of appointed

First recorded in 1525–35; appoint + -ed²

Related formsqua·si-ap·point·ed, adjectiveun·ap·point·ed, adjective

appoint

[uh-point]

verb (used with object)

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.

verb (used without object)

Obsolete. to ordain; resolve; determine.

Origin of appoint

1325–75; Middle English apointen < Middle French apointer, equivalent to a- a-⁵ + pointer to point

Related formsap·point·a·ble, adjectiveap·point·er, nounmis·ap·point, verb (used with object)re·ap·point, verb (used with object)un·ap·point·a·ble, adjective

Synonyms for appoint

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1. choose, select. 2. prescribe, establish.

Antonyms for appoint

1. dismiss, discharge.

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Related Words for appointed

selected, chosen

Examples from the Web for appointed

Contemporary Examples of appointed

Qasem Suleimani was appointed as commander of the force in 1997.
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January 6, 2015
The Stollen was paraded through the city of Dresden, and later an appointed “Stollen girl” cut the cake.
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December 24, 2014
The U.S. will reopen an embassy in Havana, meaning an ambassador will be appointed.
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December 18, 2014
“At the appointed time [Jackson] ‘heard’ them, and this was about all of it,” recalled one former cadet.
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November 29, 2014
When he was appointed few expected that he would be able to guide his committee to a radical conclusion but he did.
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November 29, 2014

Historical Examples of appointed

There, if it be your wish, I will propose you; messengers will be appointed to converse with you.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327
Various
Therefore, I dismiss the fear of untimely separation from my appointed work.
The Conquest of Fear
Basil King
Certainly he did not look much as though he were appointed for early death.
Ester Ried Yet Speaking
Isabella Alden
Two weeks before, teachers had been appointed to prepare a list of committees.
Ester Ried Yet Speaking
Isabella Alden
They have appointed thee in the place which should be theirs.
The Babylonian Legends of the Creation
British Museum

British Dictionary definitions for appointed

appoint

verb (mainly tr)

(also intr) to assign officially, as for a position, responsibility, etche was appointed manager
to establish by agreement or decree; fixa time was appointed for the duel
to prescribe or ordainlaws 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; furnisha well-appointed hotel

Derived Formsappointer, noun

Word Origin for appoint

C14: from Old French apointer to put into a good state, from a point in good condition, literally: to a point

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Word Origin and History for appointed

adj.

with qualifying adverb, "equipped, furnished," 1530s, from past participle of appoint (v.).

appoint

late 14c., "to decide, resolve; to arrange the time of (a meeting, etc.)," from Anglo-French appointer, Old French apointier "make ready, arrange, settle, place" (12c.), from apointer "duly, fitly," from phrase à point "to the point," from a- "to" (see ad-) + point "point," from Latin punctum (see point (n.)). The ground sense is "to come to a point (about some matter)," therefore "agree, settle." Meaning "put (someone) in charge" is early 15c. Related: Appointed; appointing.