appoint

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 ]

a. Capable of being appointed or constituted. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having acquired an office or responsibility through appointment; -- said of officials, and contrasting with elected. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. fixed or established by order or command.
Syn. -- decreed, ordained, prescribed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. provided with furnishing and accessories especially of a tasteful kind. a house that is beautifully appointed [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. selected for a duty or job [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. appointé, p. p. of appointer. See Appoint, v. t. ] 1. A person appointed. [ 1913 Webster ]

The commission authorizes them to make appointments, and pay the appointees. Circular of Mass. Representatives (1768). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (law) A person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed. Kent. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. appointement. ] 1. The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being appointed to som&unr_; service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments. [ 1913 Webster ]

According to the appointment of the priests. Ezra vi. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) The exercise of the power of designating (under a “power of appointment”) a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cavaliers emulated their chief in the richness of their appointments. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands
Void of appointment, that thou liest. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only in the plural. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An expense proportioned to his appointments and fortune is necessary. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Designation; command; order; direction; establishment; equipment. [ 1913 Webster ]