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单词 appointer
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ap•point /əˈpɔɪnt/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object]
  1. Governmentto name or assign officially: [+ object + object]appointed him chairman.[+ object + to + object]They appointed him to the position of chairman.
  2. to fix;
    set: to appoint a time for the meeting.
  3. to equip;
    furnish: They appointed the house luxuriously.
See -point-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ap•point  (ə point),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. 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.
  2. to determine by authority or agreement;
    fix;
    set:to appoint a time for the meeting.
  3. Lawto designate (a person) to take the benefit of an estate created by a deed or will.
  4. to provide with what is necessary;
    equip;
    furnish:They appointed the house with all the latest devices.
  5. [Archaic.]to order or establish by decree or command;
    ordain;
    constitute:laws appointed by God.
  6. [Obs.]to point at by way of censure.

v.i. 
  1. [Obs.]to ordain;
    resolve;
    determine.
  • Middle French apointer, equivalent. to a- a-5 + pointer to point
  • Middle English apointen 1325–75
ap•pointa•ble, adj. 
ap•pointer, 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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