Appoint
Word | APPOINT |
Character | 7 |
Hyphenation | ap point |
Pronunciations | /əˈpɔɪnt/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Appoint"
What do we mean by appoint?
To select or designate to fill an office or a position. transitive verb
To fix or set by authority or by mutual agreement. transitive verb
To furnish; equip. transitive verb
To direct the disposition of (property) to a person or persons in exercise of a power granted for this purpose by a preceding deed. transitive verb
. 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.
To ordain; to determine; to arrange. intransitive verb
To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out. transitive verb
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. transitive verb
To assign, designate, or set apart by authority. transitive verb
To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out. transitive verb
To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement.
To name (someone to a post or role).
To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out.
To equip (someone) with (something); to assign (someone) authoritatively (some equipment).
To fix the disposition of (property) by designating someone to take use of (it).
To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish.
To resolve; to determine; to ordain.
Synonyms and Antonyms for Appoint
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