Inflected forms: ap·point·ed, ap·point·ing, ap·points 1. To select or designate to fill an office or a position: appointed her the chief operating officer of the company.2. To fix or set by authority or by mutual agreement: will appoint a date for the examination.3. To furnish; equip: a house that is comfortably appointed.4.Law To direct the disposition of (property) to a person or persons in exercise of a power granted for this purpose by a preceding deed.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English appointen, from Old French apointer, apointier, to arrange, from a point, to the point : a, to (from Latin ad; see ad–) + point, point; see point.
SYNONYMS:
appoint, designate, name, nominate, tap1 These verbs mean to select for an office or position: was appointed chairperson of the committee; expects to be designated leader of the opposition; a new police commissioner named by the mayor; to be nominated as her party's candidate; was tapped for fraternity membership. See also synonyms at furnish.
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