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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ap•point /əˈpɔɪnt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- Governmentto name or assign officially: [~ + object + object]appointed him chairman.[~ + object + to + object]They appointed him to the position of chairman.
- to fix;
set: to appoint a time for the meeting. - to equip;
furnish: They appointed the house luxuriously. See -point-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ap•point (ə point′),USA pronunciation v.t. - Governmentto 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. - Lawto 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. - [Obs.]to point at by way of censure.
v.i. - [Obs.]to ordain;
resolve; determine.
- Middle French apointer, equivalent. to a- a-5 + pointer to point
- Middle English apointen 1325–75
ap•point′a•ble, adj. ap•point′er, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged choose, select.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged prescribe, establish.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dismiss, discharge.
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