English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Appoint
(v. i.)
To ordain; to determine; to arrange.
Appoint
(v. t.)
To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.
Appointable
(a.)
Capable of being appointed or constituted.
Appointed
(imp. & p. p.)
of Appoint
Appointee
(v. t.)
A person appointed.
Appointee
(v. t.)
A person in whose favor a power of appointment is
executed.
Appointer
(n.)
One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment.
Appointing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Appoint
Appointive
(a.)
Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office.
Appointment
(n.)
The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold
an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of
unsuitable men.
Appointment
(n.)
Decree; direction; established order or constitution;
as, to submit to the divine appointments.
Appointment
(n.)
The state of being appointed to som/ service or
office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the
appointment of treasurer.
Appointment
(n.)
A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a
public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.
Appointment
(n.)
Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army;
whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the
accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes,
swords.
Appointment
(n.)
The exercise of the power of designating (under a
"power of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific
property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.
Appointment
(n.)
Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual
agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made
an appointment to meet at six.
Appointment
(n.)
An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a
perquisite; -- properly only in the plural.
Appointor
(n.)
The person who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2.
Apporter
(n.)
A bringer in; an importer.
Apportion
(v. t.)
To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide
and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to
apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various
employments.