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appoint definition

ap·point (ə po̵int′)

transitive verb

  1. to set (a date, place, etc.); decide upon officially; decree to appoint a time for a meeting
  2. to name or select officially for an office, position, etc. to appoint a chairman
  3. to furnish and arrange: now usually in well-appointed, etc.
  4. Law to decide the disposition of (property) by special authority

Etymology: ME apointen < OFr apointer, to arrange, make ready < ML appunctuare < L ad, to + punctum, point

intransitive verb

to make appointments to an office, position, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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