appoint

English

/əˈpɔɪnt/

verb
Definitions
  • (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 name (someone to a post or role).
  • (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) To fix the disposition of (property) by designating someone to take use of (it).
  • (obsolete) To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish.
  • (obsolete) To resolve; to determine; to ordain.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English apointen borrowed from Old French apointier (prepare, lean, arrange, place) derived from Latin appunctare.

Origin

Latin

appunctare

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