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Appointed   /əpˈɔɪntəd/  /əpˈɔɪntɪd/   Listen
verb
Appoint  v. t.  (past & past part. appointed; pres. part. appointing)  
1.
To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out. "When he appointed the foundations of the earth."
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. "Thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint." "He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness." "Say that the emperor request a parley... and appoint the meeting."
3.
To assign, designate, or set apart by authority. "Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service." "These were cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them."
4.
To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out. "The English, being well appointed, did so entertain them that their ships departed terribly torn."
5.
To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign. (Obs.) "Appoint not heavenly disposition."
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.
To appoint one's self, to resolve. (Obs.)



Appoint  v. i.  To ordain; to determine; to arrange. "For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel."



adjective
appointed  adj.  
1.
Having acquired an office or responsibility through appointment; said of officials, and contrasting with elected.
2.
Fixed or established by order or command.
Synonyms: decreed, ordained, prescribed.
3.
Provided with furnishing and accessories especially of a tasteful kind. "A house that is beautifully appointed"
4.
Selected for a duty or job






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"Appointed" Quotes from Famous Books



... and Cumberland, which had been surrendered by Stephen (see p. 133). In his government Henry did his best to carry out the plans of his grandfather, Henry I. It was perhaps because he was afraid that one Justiciar would be too powerful, that he appointed two, Richard de Lucy and the Earl of Leicester, to see that justice was executed and the government maintained whether the king were absent or present. The old Bishop Nigel of Ely was reappointed Treasurer, ...
— A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) - From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII • Samuel Rawson Gardiner

... through the influence of Archbishop Whitgift appointed, in 1585, Master of the Temple; but a great effort had just been made to obtain the place for a Mr. Walter Travers, well known in that day, though now it is Hooker's name which alone preserves his. This Travers was then afternoon-lecturer ...
— Culture and Anarchy • Matthew Arnold

... picturesque domesticity of a rattling tavern must have leaned on their elbows for many a year, I made out the far-off lurid twinkle of the London constellations. At the foot of the stairs, enshrined in the glittering niche of her well-appointed bar, the landlady sat napping like some solemn idol amid votive brass ...
— A Passionate Pilgrim • Henry James

... a state-ball at the Royal Palace had been announced. Thither, at the appointed hour, Mr. Punch and his hoary associate were conveyed. As they approached, the royal band struck up a martial air, the Lord Chamberlain advanced to meet them, and ushered them into the magnificent hall in which the guests ...
— Punch Among the Planets • Various

... was again displayed north of the Tweed, the usual noble names are found among its followers. In 1307 Scotland lost her most formidable foe, by the death of Edward, and at the same time began to recognize her appointed deliverer in the person of Robert Bruce. But we must return to "the Red Earl," the central figure in our own annals ...
— A Popular History of Ireland - From the earliest period to the emancipation of the Catholics • Thomas D'Arcy McGee


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