Definition of appoint

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Appoint (v. t.) 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..

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Timekeeper :: Timekeeper (n.) One appointed to mark and declare the time of participants in races or other contests.
Assigner :: Assigner (n.) One who assigns, appoints, allots, or apportions..
Assignment :: Assignment (n.) An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court..
Assessor :: Assessor (v.) One appointed or elected to assist a judge or magistrate with his special knowledge of the subject to be decided; as legal assessors, nautical assessors..
Steward :: Steward (n.) In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands..
Institute :: Institute (v. t.) To nominate; to appoint.
Rendezvous :: Rendezvous (n.) A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet..
Examining :: Examining (a.) Having power to examine; appointed to examine; as, an examining committee..
Legend :: Legend (n.) That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the refectories of religious houses..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse..
Attach :: Attach (v. t.) To connect; to place so as to belong; to assign by authority; to appoint; as, an officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship..
Establish :: Establish (a.) To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain..
Dispensation :: Dispensation (n.) That which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed; that which is enjoined or bestowed.
Sortition :: Sortition (n.) Selection or appointment by lot.
Picket :: Picket (n.) By extension, men appointed by a trades union, or other labor organization, to intercept outsiders, and prevent them from working for employers with whom the organization is at variance..
Visitor :: Visitor () A superior, or a person lawfully appointed for the purpose, who makes formal visits of inspection to a corporation or an institution. See Visit, v. t., 2, and Visitation, n., 2..
Respite :: Respite (n.) A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.
Symbol :: Symbol (n.) That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty..
Create :: Create (v. t.) To invest with a new form, office, or character; to constitute; to appoint; to make; as, to create one a peer..
Testamentary :: Testamentary (a.) Done, appointed by, or founded on, a testament, or will; as, a testamentary guardian of a minor, who may be appointed by the will of a father to act in that capacity until the child becomes of age..
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