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appoint

Syllabification: (ap·point)

Pronunciation: /əˈpoint/

Definition of appoint

[with object]

1assign a job or role to (someone):she has been appointed to the board [with object and infinitive]:a delegated engineer will be appointed to oversee each graduate 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 disposal of (property of which one is not the owner) under powers granted by the owner:trustees appoint the capital to the beneficiaries

Derivatives

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

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

Definition of appoint in the British & World English dictionary

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