Definitions for appoint
əˈpɔɪntap·point

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 3 votes

1. appoint, name, nominate, constituteverb

   create and charge with a task or function

   "nominate a committee"

2. appoint, chargeverb

   assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

   "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"

3. appointverb

   furnish

   "a beautifully appointed house"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. appointverb

   To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.

   When he appointed the foundations of the earth. --Prov. viii. 29.

2. appointverb

   To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of.

3. appointverb

   To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.

4. appointverb

   To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out.

   The English, being well appointed, did so entertain them that their ships departed terribly torn. --Hayward.

5. appointverb

   To set, fix or determine by authority or agreement.

   His Royal Highness called to pay his respects to her Majesty; but, from the unexpected nature of his visit, her Majesty was not in a state then to receive him; but soon after sent a letter to Prince Leopold, to appoint one o'clock this day for an interview.

6. appointverb

   To name.

   Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service.

7. appointverb

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

   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.

8. appointverb

   To equip with; to assign authoritatively.

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

9. appointverb

   To fix the disposition of by designating someone to take use of.

   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.

10. appointverb

    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:

11. appointverb

    To resolve; to determine; to ordain.

    For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel.

12. 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 appunctare ("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.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Appointverb

   Etymology: appointer, Fr.

   1. To fix any thing, as to settle the exact time for some transaction.

   The time appointed of the father. Galat. iv. 2.

   2. To settle any thing by compact.

   He said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will pay it. Gen. xxx. 20.

   Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait. Judges, xx. 38.

   3. To establish any thing by decree.

   It was before the Lord, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord. 2 Sam. vi. 21.

   Unto him thou gavest commandment, which he transgressed, and immediately thou appointedst death in him, and in his generations. 2 Esdras, iii. 7.

   O Lord, that art the God of the just, thou hast not appointed repentance to the just. Manasseh’s Prayer.

   4. To furnish in all points; to equip; to supply with all things necessary: used anciently in speaking of soldiers.

   The English being well appointed, did so entertain them, that their ships departed terribly torn. John Hayward.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. appoint

   To appoint means to assign a job or role to someone, often through an official decree or decision. This typically involves choosing or selecting someone for a particular office, position, task, or responsibility, often within an organization, company, or government.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Appointverb

   to fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out

2. Appointverb

   to fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of

3. Appointverb

   to assign, designate, or set apart by authority

4. Appointverb

   to furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out

5. Appointverb

   to point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign

6. Appointverb

   to direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; -- said of an estate already conveyed

7. Appointverb

   to ordain; to determine; to arrange

8. Etymology: [OE. appointen, apointen, OF. apointier to prepare, arrange, lean, place, F. appointer to give a salary, refer a cause, fr. LL. appunctare to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a controversy, or the points in an agreement; L. ad + punctum a point. See Point.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Appoint

   ap-point′, v.t. to fix: to settle: assign, grant: to name to an office: to destine, devote: to equip (obs. except in pa.p..).—p.adj. Appoint′ed, established: furnished.—n. Appoint′ment, settlement: engagement: direction: situation: arrangement: (obs.) allowance paid to a public officer: (pl.) equipments. [O. Fr. apointer, Low L. appunctare—L. ad, to, punctum, a point. See Point.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. appoint

   To create using authority or agreement.

   They did appoint a Director to ensure they had the best possible results for the business.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 1, 2020  

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British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'appoint' in Verbs Frequency: #278

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How to pronounce appoint?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say appoint in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of appoint in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of appoint in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of appoint in a Sentence

1. Hillary Clinton:

   We need to appoint Supreme Court justiceswho will get money out of politics.

2. Orrin Hatch:

   I can understand the disappointment of our Democratic colleagues, they were hoping that the Hillary Clinton would fill this vacancy on the Supreme Court, and she would appoint somebody very different from Brett Kavanaugh. I think what they hoped for is that she would appoint somebody who would -- who would advance their political or policy or ideological agenda wearing a black robe but acting as essentially a legislator.

3. Dan Goldman:

   I don't think it was a mistake. I don't think any of us really have a good understanding of what information the attorney general had when he decided to appoint Mr. Hur as the special counsel.

4. Rod Rosenstein:

   You view it as an issue of principle that I need to commit to appoint a special counsel in a manner that I don't even know if it's being investigated, but my view is that I have a responsibility when I take that oath, if I become deputy attorney general. I cannot take it conditioned upon having committed how I'm going to handle a particular case.

5. Carl Tobias:

   Just because you appoint somebody doesn’t mean that you own them.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=appoint
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appoint
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=appoint
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appoint
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=appoint
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=appoint