[ap.point] vb [ME, fr. MF apointier to arrange, fr. a- (fr. L ad-) + point point] vt (14c) 1 a: to fix or set officially "~ a trial date" b: to name officially "will ~ her director of the program" c archaic: arrange d: to determine the disposition of (an estate) to someone by virtue of a power of appointment
2: to provide with complete and usu. appropriate or elegant furnishings or equipment ~ vi: to exercise a power of appointment syn see furnish