(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
If you ~ someone to a job or official position, you formally choose them for it.
It made sense to ~ a banker to this job...
The commission ~ed a special investigator to conduct its own inquiry...
The Prime Minister has ~ed a civilian as defence minister...
She was ~ed a US delegate to the United Nations.
= assign
VERB: V n to n, V n to-inf, V n as n, be V-ed n, also V n n, V n
see also ~ed