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• appoint — ap‧point [əˈpɔɪnt] verb [transitive] 1. to choose someone for a job or position: • The company appointed a new chairman last week. appoint somebody to do something • It can appoint a foreign company to manufacture its product under licence.… …   Financial and business terms

• Appoint — Ap*point ([a^]p*point ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appointing}.] [OE. appointen, apointen, OF. apointier to prepare, arrange, lean, place, F. appointer to give a salary, refer a cause, fr. LL. appunctare to bring back to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• appoint — ap·point /ə pȯint/ vt 1: to name officially to a position appoint ed to the agency s top post appoint ed conservator of the estate 2: to determine the distribution of (property) by exercising the authority granted by a power of appointment …   Law dictionary

• appoint — [ə point′] vt. [ME apointen < OFr apointer, to arrange, make ready < ML appunctuare < L ad, to + punctum, POINT] 1. to set (a date, place, etc.); decide upon officially; decree [to appoint a time for a meeting] 2. to name or select… …   English World dictionary

• Appoint — Ap*point ([a^]p*point ), v. i. To ordain; to determine; to arrange. [1913 Webster] For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel. 2 Sam. xvii. 14. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• appoint — ap|point W2S2 [əˈpɔınt] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: apointier to arrange , from point] 1.) to choose someone for a position or a job ▪ officials appointed by the government appoint sb to sth ▪ He s been appointed to the State… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• appoint — verb (T) 1 to choose someone for a position or a job: They appointed a new teacher at the school. | appoint (sb) as sth: O Connell was appointed as Chairman of the Council. | The School Board have appointed her Superintendent of the city s… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• appoint */*/*/ — UK [əˈpɔɪnt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms appoint : present tense I/you/we/they appoint he/she/it appoints present participle appointing past tense appointed past participle appointed 1) to choose someone to do a particular job or have a… …   English dictionary

• appoint — ap|point [ ə pɔınt ] verb transitive *** 1. ) to choose someone to do a particular job or have a particular position: We need to appoint a new treasurer. the newly appointed editor of the magazine appoint someone (as) something: Picard has been… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• appoint — appointable, adj. appointer, n. /euh poynt /, v.t. 1. to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench. 2. to determine by authority or agreement; fix; set: to appoint …   Universalium

• appoint — 01. He has just been [appointed] Vice President. 02. Don t forget that you have an [appointment] at 3:00 this afternoon. 03. The Prime Minister will [appoint] the new governor general in the next couple of weeks. 04. Humphrey Albertson has been… …   Grammatical examples in English