appoint

[Ap*point·]

The President can appoint someone as ambassador to another county; that means to give them the job or recommend them for it.

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

Verb
furnish; "a beautifully appointed house"

Verb
create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"

Verb
assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"

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

v. t.
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. t.
To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.

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

v. t.
To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign.

v. t.
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.

v. i.
To ordain; to determine; to arrange.

Appoint

Ap*point" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Appointing.] [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.] 1. To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.
When he appointed the foundations of the earth.
2. 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.
Thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.
He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness.
Say that the emperor request a parley . . . and appoint the meeting.
3. To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.
Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service.
These were cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
4. 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.
5. To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign. [Obs.]
Appoint not heavenly disposition.
6. (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. Burrill. Kent. To appoint one's self, to resolve. [Obs.] Crowley.

Appoint

Ap*point" , v. i. To ordain; to determine; to arrange.
For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophl.

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

To ordain; to determine; to arrange.

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Usage Examples

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

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Other Usage Examples

The standard rumor at the time was that Rumsfeld, as chief of staff, had persuaded President Ford to appoint George H.W. Bush as director of Central Intelligence, assuming that that got rid of a potential competitor for the presidency.