appoint
/əˈpɔɪnt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.70 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement.
Transitive verb
verb
To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out.
Transitive verb
verb
To equip (someone) with (something); to assign (someone) authoritatively (some equipment).
Transitive verb
verb
To fix the disposition of (property) by designating someone to take use of (it).
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "His Royal Highness called to pay his respects to her Majesty; but, from the unexpected nature of his visit, her Majesty was not in a state then to receive him; but soon after sent a letter to Prince Leopold, to appoint one o'clock this day for an interview."
- "We have to wait until they're ready to receive us, and make sure we turn up at the appointed time."
- "Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service."
- "Neal Kwatra, appointed by Cuomo to be the state Democratic Party's chief campaign strategist, was identified by two key Democratic insiders[...]"
- "It was a handsome old stucco hall, very elegantly appointed, for Winter was a bachelor and prided himself on his style; but the place was beset by collieries."
- "Their two-room apartment, which is neither fashionably appointed nor in a fashionable neighborhood"
Etymology
From Middle English apointen, borrowed from Old French apointier (“to prepare, arrange, lean, place”) (French appointer (“to give a salary, refer a cause”)), from Late Latin appunctō (“to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a controversy, or the points in an agreement”); Latin ad + punctum (“a point”). See point.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: apointen, apointier, appunctō