Found 3 items, similar to appoint.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: appoint
benum, mengangkat, menunjuk
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: appoint
appoint
v 1: create and charge with a task or function;
“nominate a
committee” [syn:
name,
nominate,
constitute]
2: assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to;
“He was
appointed deputy manager”;
“She was charged with
supervising the creation of a concordance” [syn:
charge]
3: furnish;
“a beautifully appointed house”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Appoint
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 point, restore, to fix the point in a
controversy, or the points in an agreement; L. ad + punctum a
point. See
Point.]
1. To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.
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When he appointed the foundations of the earth.
--Prov. viii.
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2. To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or
mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe;
to fix the time and place of.
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Thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the
king shall appoint. --2 Sam. xv.
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He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge
the world in righteousness. --Acts xvii.
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Say that the emperor request a parley . . . and
appoint the meeting. --Shak.
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3. To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.
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Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every
one to his service. --Num. iv. 19.
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These were cities appointed for all the children of
Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among
them. --Josh. xx. 9.
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4. To furnish in all points; to provide with everything
necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out.
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The English, being well appointed, did so entertain
them that their ships departed terribly torn.
--Hayward.
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5. To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or
commendation; to arraign. [Obs.]
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Appoint not heavenly disposition. --Milton.
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6. (Law) To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a
new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a
conveyance; -- said of an estate already conveyed.
--Burrill. Kent.
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To appoint one's self, to resolve. [Obs.] --Crowley.
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Appoint
\Ap*point"\ ([a^]p*point"), v. i.
To ordain; to determine; to arrange.
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For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel
of Ahithophel. --2 Sam. xvii.
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