appoint

verb

(transitive) To name (someone to a post or role).

(transitive) To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement.

(transitive) To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out.

(transitive) To equip (someone) with (something); to assign (someone) authoritatively (some equipment).

(transitive, law) To fix the disposition of (property) by designating someone to take use of (it).

(obsolete, transitive) To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish.

(obsolete, intransitive) To resolve; to determine; to ordain.

Roots

punctum-point · Latin · point, prick

Synonyms for appoint

nominatev designatev deputizev electv assignv ordainv authorizev allocatev namen selectv

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