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[ uh-point ] / əˈpɔɪnt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR appoint ON THESAURUS.COM
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 appoint1325–75; Middle English apointen, from Middle French apointer, equivalent to a- a-5 + pointer “to point” SYNONYMS FOR appoint1 choose, select. 2 prescribe, establish. SEE SYNONYMS FOR appoint ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR appointSEE ANTONYMS FOR appoint ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for appoint4. See furnish. OTHER WORDS FROM appointap·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 Words nearby appointapplied linguistics, appliqué, apply, appmt., appoggiatura, appoint, appointed, appointee, appointive, appointment, Appointment in Samarra Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for appointAnd he was said to be urging Obama to appoint her as his successor. For Next AG, Obama Picks a Quiet Fighter With a Heavy Punch|Michael Daly|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Baquet and his evolving leadership team (he has yet to appoint a managing editor) face daunting challenges. Dean Baquet, the NYT’s Executive Editor, on Jill Abramson, Race, Surviving Cancer—and TMZ Envy|Lloyd Grove|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST The online recruiters say IS can appoint a guardian for them to provide permission. The ISIS Online Campaign Luring Western Girls to Jihad|Jamie Dettmer|August 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST They asked for HUD to appoint an official to monitor the distribution of recovery funds in New Jersey. N.J. Democrat Frank Pallone: Republicans Were Right to Worry About Sandy Aid Being Mishandled|Olivia Nuzzi|March 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Why would you go out and appoint Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State and carry over that old regime? Oliver Stone on the Tyranny of Obama’s ‘Exceptional’ America|Andrew Romano|October 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST The House accordingly took up the message, and also agreed to appoint a committee of conference. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. II (of 16)|Thomas Hart Benton The bill to appoint visitors to inspect female convents and religious houses has been rejected. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851|Various These courts have the sole power to appoint electoral boards in cities where they are located. Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey I keep (as the phrase is) in an absent members rooms till one of the aforesaid duetto return to appoint me my own. Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. I (of 2)|Samuel Taylor Coleridge But shortly before the war began the Volksraad had given the President the power to appoint such an officer. Three Years' War|Christiaan Rudolf de Wet
British Dictionary definitions for 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 forms of appointappointer, nounWord Origin for appointC14: from Old French apointer to put into a good state, from a point in good condition, literally: to a point Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to appointset, elect, name, nominate, choose, install, establish, assign, select, designate, finger, decree, tap, fix, direct, ordain, commission, settle, command, allot |