Appoint

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To select or designate to fill an office or a position: appointed her the chief operating officer of the company.
  • v. To fix or set by authority or by mutual agreement: will appoint a date for the examination.
  • v. To furnish; equip: a house that is comfortably appointed.
  • v. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. : To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.
  • v. : 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.
  • v. : To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.
  • v. : To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out.
  • v. , (Law): 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. --Alexander Mansfield Burrill. Kent.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.
  • v. 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.
  • v. To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.
  • v. To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out.
  • v. To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign.
  • v. 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.
  • verb-intransitive. To ordain; to determine; to arrange.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • . To make fast or firm; found; establish; secure.
  • To constitute, ordain, or fix by decree, order, or decision; decree; command; prescribe.
  • To allot, set apart, or designate; nominate or authoritatively assign, as for a use, or to a post or office.
  • To settle; fix, name, or determine by authority or upon agreement: as, they appointed a time and place for the meeting.
  • In law, to fix the destination of (property) by designating a person or persons to take the use of an estate created by a preceding deed or will, conferring on the appointor the power so to do.
  • . To point at by way of censure; arraign: as, “appoint not heavenly disposition,” Milton, S. A., 1. 373.
  • To provide with what is requisite; equip.
  • To agree upon; decide upon or settle definitely.
  • Synonyms To prescribe, establish, direct. To assign, destine, constitute, create. To furnish, supply.
  • To ordain; resolve; determine.
  • In law, to exercise a power of appointment.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
  • v. furnish
  • v. create and charge with a task or function
  • Verb Form
    appointed    appointing    appoints   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    equip    fit    outfit    fit out   
    Cross Reference
    equip   
    Hyponym
    assign    deputise    accredit    authorise    create    empower    depute    delegate    authorize    designate   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    constitute    ordain    prescribe    equip    arraign    determine    arrange   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    anoint    datapoint    disappoint    disjoint    joint    point    pointe    reappoint   
    Same Context
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