# appoint

Pronunciation: US say "uh-POYNT" /əˈpɔɪnt/; UK

## Verb

1. To name someone to a post or official role.
   - Simple: To choose someone for a job or official position.
   - _The board voted to appoint a new director of operations._
   - _The governor appointed three judges to the state court._
2. To set or fix a time or place for something, such as a meeting, by authority or agreement.
   - Simple: To set a fixed time or place for a meeting or event.
   - _The committee will appoint a time for the next hearing._
   - _The two sides appointed a neutral location for the talks._
3. To furnish or equip a place, or sometimes a person, with everything needed.
   - Simple: To give a room, building or person all the furniture or equipment they need.
   - _The guest cottage was beautifully appointed, with a stone fireplace, oak floors, and a deep soaking tub._
   - _The firm spent a fortune to appoint the lobby with marble and brass._

## Verb

4. To establish or ordain something firmly by decree or command. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To order or set something firmly by a command.
5. To resolve or determine upon a course of action. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To decide or settle firmly on a course of action.

## Other meanings

- (verb) To determine how property is to be disposed of by naming the person who is to take or use it.

## Origin

Latin ad ("to") plus punctum ("a point") formed Late Latin appunctō ("to bring back to the point, fix the point in an agreement"), the likely source of Old French apointier ("to prepare, arrange, place"), which Middle English borrowed as apointen.

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