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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Functionate :: Functionate (v. i.) To execute or perform a function; to transact one's regular or appointed business.
Timekeeper :: Timekeeper (n.) One appointed to mark and declare the time of participants in races or other contests.
Cut :: Cut (n.) The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
Processioner :: Processioner (n.) An officer appointed to procession lands.
Appointment :: Appointment (n.) 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..
Designate :: Designate (v. t.) Designated; appointed; chosen.
Due :: Due (a.) Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday..
Arbiter :: Arbiter (n.) A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them..
Consul :: Consul (n.) An official commissioned to reside in some foreign country, to care for the commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing government, and to protect its seamen..
Ordainable :: Ordainable (a.) Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed.
Overstay :: Overstay (v. t.) To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time..
Station :: Station (n.) The spot or place where anything stands, especially where a person or thing habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a time; as, the station of a sentinel..
Frustrate :: Frustrate (v. t.) To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose..
Mock :: Mock (v. t.) To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mock expectation..
Decree :: Decree (v. t.) To determine judicially by authority, or by decree; to constitute by edict; to appoint by decree or law; to determine; to order; to ordain; as, a court decrees a restoration of property..
Appertain :: Appertain (v. i.) To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate..
Delegation :: Delegation (n.) The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates..
Appointment :: Appointment (n.) 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..
False :: False (superl.) Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement..
Power :: Power (n.) An authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest vested either in himself or in another person; ownership by appointment.
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