APPOINT


Meaning of APPOINT in English

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.