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appoint

verb
/əˈpɔɪnt/

Etymology

From Middle English apointen, borrowed from Old French apointier (“to prepare, arrange, lean, place”) (French appointer (“to give a salary, refer a cause”)), from Late Latin appunctō (“to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a controversy, or the points in an agreement”); Latin ad + punctum (“a point”). See point.

  1. derived from appunctō
  2. derived from apointier
  3. inherited from apointen

Definitions

  1. To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting…

    To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement.

    • We have to wait until they're ready to receive us, and make sure we turn up at the appointed time.

  2. To name (someone to a post or role).

    • Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service.
    • Neal Kwatra, appointed by Cuomo to be the state Democratic Party's chief campaign strategist, was identified by two key Democratic insiders[...]

  3. To furnish or equip (a place) completely

    To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out.

    • It was a handsome old stucco hall, very elegantly appointed, for Winter was a bachelor and prided himself on his style; but the place was beset by collieries.
    • Their two-room apartment, which is neither fashionably appointed nor in a fashionable neighborhood
    • The hotel is beautifully designed and beautifully appointed in a classic, modern style that manages to be both serene and luxurious at the same time.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. To equip (someone) with (something)

      To equip (someone) with (something); to assign (someone) authoritatively (some equipment).

      • after mature Deliberation, he appointed them a Ship of seventy Tons,

    2. To fix the disposition of (property) by designating someone to take use of (it).

      • If the donee of a power appoint the fund to one of the objects of the power, under an understanding that the latter is to lend the fund to tho former, although on good security, the appointment is bad.

    3. To fix with power or firmness by decree or command

      To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish.

      • When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
      • Thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.

    4. To resolve

      To resolve; to determine; to ordain.

      • For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel.
      • The day being very stormy, we were obliged to keep at home; which I much regretted, as it abridged my opportunity of seeing the Jewish synagogues, as we had appointed to do to-day.
      • He had preached twice on the Lord's day, he preached also on Monday, and had appointed to do the same on Tuesday, but died that morning.

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Derived

appointable, appointee, appointer, appointive, appointment, appointor, foreappoint, preappoint, reappoint, self-appoint, unappoint, well-appointed

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at appoint. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at appoint. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at appoint

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA