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

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

Antonyms for appoint

1. dismiss, discharge.

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Examples from the Web for reappoint

Contemporary Examples of reappoint

It is highly unlike that a President Romney will reappoint Bernanke and its not clear Obama would either.
What if Bernanke Was Always Less Aggressive Than We Thought?
Noah Kristula-Green
April 26, 2012

Historical Examples of reappoint

Hence my suggestion to the Government to reappoint General Downes.
The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon
Jos Maria Gordon
I still say no—you had to do it—and you know that you had to reappoint me.
A Man of the People
Thomas Dixon
Fitz Lee did not reappoint me as adjutant, and so I lost my first commission on the spot where Cornwallis lost his sword.
Mosby's War Reminiscences
John Singleton Mosby
The term of office for the unofficial members is limited to five years, though the governor may reappoint if he choose.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7
Various
I will resign, you can reappoint my predecessor, and everybody will be satisfied.
Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music
Charles Gounod

British Dictionary definitions for reappoint

reappoint

verb (tr)

to assign (a person, committee, etc) to a post or role again

Derived Formsreappointment, noun

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 reappoint

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.