appoint

Verb

appoint (third-person singular simple present appoints, present participle appointing, simple past and past participle appointed)

1. (transitive) To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement.
   • His Royal Highness called to pay his respects to her Majesty; but, from the unexpected nature of his visit, her Majesty was not in a state then to receive him; but soon after sent a letter to Prince Leopold, to appoint one o'clock this day for an interview.1820, The Edinburgh Annual Register
   • We have to wait until they're ready to receive us, and make sure we turn up at the appointed time.2014 November 8, Ivan Hewett, “Art on demand makes emperors of us all”, in The Telegraph
2. (transitive) To name (someone to a post or role).
   • Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 4:19
   • Neal Kwatra, appointed by Cuomo to be the state Democratic Party's chief campaign strategist, was identified by two key Democratic insiders[...]2014 November 3, Fredric U. Dicker, “Cuomo appointed 'vote or else' strategist”, in New York Post

   Synonyms:

   make, name, designate

3. (transitive) To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out.
   • It was a handsome old stucco hall, very elegantly appointed, for Winter was a bachelor and prided himself on his style; but the place was beset by collieries.1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter X, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC, page 151
   • Their two-room apartment, which is neither fashionably appointed nor in a fashionable neighborhood1986, Joseph Beam, “Brother to Brother: Words from the Heart”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 241
4. (transitive) To equip (someone) with (something); to assign (someone) authoritatively (some equipment).
   • after mature Deliberation, he appointed them a Ship of seventy Tons,1747, William Stith, The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia, page 15
5. (transitive) To fix the disposition of (property) by designating someone to take use of (it).
   • If the donee of a power appoint the fund to one of the objects of the power, under an understanding that the latter is to lend the fund to tho former, although on good security, the appointment is bad.1828–29 (case decided), published in 1843, in the Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery
6. (obsolete, transitive) To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish.
   • When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 8:29
   • Thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 15:15
7. (intransitive, obsolete) To resolve; to determine; to ordain.
   • For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 17:14
   • The day being very stormy, we were obliged to keep at home; which I much regretted, as it abridged my opportunity of seeing the Jewish synagogues, as we had appointed to do to-day.1823 December 13, a record quoted in The Christian Library: A Reprint of Popular Religious Works (Richard Watson, Thomas Taylor, Thomas Raffles, etc; 1836)