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appoint

ap·point

UK/əˈpɔɪnt/ US/ʌˈpɔɪnt/ fairly common

verb

1.

create and charge with a task or function

  • “nominate a committee”
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2.

assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

  • “He was appointed deputy manager”
  • “She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance”
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3.

furnish

  • “a beautifully appointed house”

Origin

From Middle English apointen, borrowed from Old French apointier (“to prepare, arrange, lean, place”) (French appointer (“to give a salary, refer a cause”)), from Late Latin appunctō (“to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a controversy, or the points in an agreement”); Latin ad + punctum (“a point”). See point.

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