appoint
verb (used with object)
to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate.
have been appointing
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present perfect progressiveof appoint.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Why, no; the prisoners are not to be tried till the new court we have been appointing at Westminster holds its first session, some weeks hence.
From The Rangers; or, The Tory's Daughter A tale illustrative of the revolutionary history of Vermont by Thompson, D. P.
