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To ordain; to determine; to arrange.
To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.
Capable of being appointed or constituted.
of Appoint
A person appointed.
A person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed.
One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment.
of Appoint
Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office.
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.
Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments.
The state of being appointed to som/ service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer.
A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.
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.
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.
Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six.
An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only in the plural.
The person who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2.
A bringer in; an importer.
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.