appoint
To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement.
Other meanings
To name (someone to a post or role).
To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out.
Related words
- appointable
- appointor
- foreappoint
- preappoint
- reappoint
- unappoint
- appointee
- appointer
- appointive
- appointment
- self-appoint
- well-appointed
Word history
From Latin "appunctō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “appoint” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.