appoint
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
appoint/əˈpɔɪnt/
▶verb
- 1 assign a job or role to.
- 2 determine or decide on (a time or place).
■ archaic decree.
- 3 Law determine the disposition of (property) under powers granted by the owner.
– derivatives
appointee noun,
appointer noun.
appointee noun,
appointer noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. apointer, from a point ‘to a point’.
'appoint' also found in these Oxford entries:
assign
- attach
- collate
- commission
- constituent
- constitute
- co-opt
- deacon
- depute
- fill
- foreordain
- indict
- inherit
- institute
- make
- nominate
- parachute
- primary
- provide
- reappoint
