appoint

 
Pronunciation: /əˈpɔɪnt/

verb

[with object]
  • 1assign a job or role to (someone): she has been appointed to the board they appointed her as personnel manager
  • 2determine or decide on (a time or a place): they appointed a day in May for the meeting
  • archaic decree: such laws are appointed by God
  • 3 Law decide the disposition of (property of which one is not the owner) under powers granted by the owner: trustees appoint the capital to the beneficiaries

Derivatives

appointee

Pronunciation: /-ˈtiː/
noun

appointer

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French apointer, from a point 'to a point'

Spelling help

Remember that appoint and the related word appointment are spelled with a double p.