appoint: Meaning and Definition of

ap•point

Pronunciation: (u-point'), [key]

— v.t.

to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
to determine by authority or agreement; fix; set: to appoint a time for the meeting.
to designate (a person) to take the benefit of an estate created by a deed or will.
to provide with what is necessary; equip; furnish: They appointed the house with all the latest devices.
to order or establish by decree or command; ordain; constitute: laws appointed by God.
to point at by way of censure.

—v.i.

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