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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.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms: ,
- to determine by authority or agreement; fix; set:
to appoint a time for the meeting.
Synonyms: ,
- 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
If they decline to do so, Boasberg said, he would appoint a private attorney to prosecute the case against the administration and specific officials.
Since they first conceived of the study, President Trump took office and appointed as secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic and skeptic of established vaccine science.
By appointing a new council member, Huntington Park Mayor Arturo Flores said the city was upholding its laws and the interests of its citizens.
He also appointed more women to leadership roles in the Vatican than any pope before him, although he stopped well short of advocating for them to become priests.
Scottish high court judge Lord Scott has been appointed to lead the the public inquiry into the murder of Emma Caldwell.
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