APPOINT

verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~er, from a- (from Latin ad-) + point point Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to fix or set officially , to name officially , arrange , to determine the disposition of (an estate) to someone by virtue of a power of ~ment, to provide with complete and usually appropriate or elegant furnishings or equipment , intransitive verb to exercise a power of ~ment, see: furnish