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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.
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Antonyms: ,
- to determine by authority or agreement; fix; set:
to appoint a time for the meeting.
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- 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.
appoint
/ əˈɔɪԳ /
verb
- also intr to assign officially, as for a position, responsibility, etc
he was appointed manager
- to establish by agreement or decree; fix
a time was appointed for the duel
- to prescribe or ordain
laws 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; furnish
a well-appointed hotel
Derived Forms
- ˈǾԳٱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·ǾԳa· adjective
- ·ǾԳİ noun
- a·ǾԳ verb (used with object)
- a·ǾԳ verb (used with object)
- un·ǾԳa· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of appoint1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
After being appointed, Rubasingham joked she spent "six to eight months doggedly pursuing Stormzy and his team", and he came on board after visiting the building.
Lord Bracadale was then appointed by the Scottish government to lead an independent review of hate crime legislation.
“President Hindenburg has just appointed Adolf Hitler as the new chancellor of Germany …”
He nurtured his businesses and was appointed to serve on Westminster’s traffic commission in 1989.
After the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, Sinn Féin appointed Mr Donaldson as their key administrator in the party's Stormont offices.
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