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appointive

adj

Etymology

From appoint + -ive.

  1. derived from appunctō
  2. derived from apointier
  3. inherited from apointen
  4. suffixed as appointive — “appoint + ive”

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or filled by appointment.

    • The constitution adopted at Oakmulgee provides for […] the machinery of government in which the governor and legislature are elective by the people. The judges are appointive by the governor […]
    • It will be kind of nice, a year before your time, to be standing in the way of any appointive plums that may happen to fall; […]
    • ‘It was an appointive job at one time but may not be now. […] Well, whatever the method is, appointive or elective, I have my dough on Gerald. He’s the logical choice.’

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