v. Simple past tense and past participle of appoint.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. having acquired an office or responsibility through appointment; -- said of officials, and contrasting with elected.
adj. fixed or established by order or command.
adj. provided with furnishing and accessories especially of a tasteful kind.
adj. selected for a duty or job.
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adj. fixed or established especially by order or command
adj. selected for a job
adj. provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind)
adj. subject to appointment
Word Usage
"And though it is the nobility of the highest creatures to look forward to, and partly to understand the changes which are appointed for them, preparing for them beforehand; and if, as is usual with _appointed_ changes, they be into"