transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈpȯint ]
verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French appointer, from a- (from Latin ad- ) + point point
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1.
a. : to fix or set officially
appoint a trial date
b. : to name officially
will appoint 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 usually appropriate or elegant furnishings or equipment
a beautifully appoint ed room
intransitive verb
: to exercise a power of appointment
Synonyms: see furnish