Definition of appoint

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Appoint (v. t.) To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign..

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Positive :: Positive (a.) Prescribed by express enactment or institution; settled by arbitrary appointment; said of laws.
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..
Ordainable :: Ordainable (a.) Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed.
Regarder :: Regarder (n.) An officer appointed to supervise the forest.
Nominate :: Nominate (v. t.) To name, or designate by name, for an office or place; to appoint; esp., to name as a candidate for an election, choice, or appointment; to propose by name, or offer the name of, as a candidate for an office or place..
Try :: Try (v. t.) To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's patience..
Rue :: Rue (n.) Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.
Appointment :: Appointment (n.) Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments..
Disputant :: Disputant (n.) One who disputes; one who argues // opposition to another; one appointed to dispute; a controvertist; a reasoner in opposition.
Board :: Board (n.) A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc..
Disappointing :: Disappointing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disappoin.
Late :: Late (a.) After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late; -- opposed to early..
Donee :: Donee (n.) Anciently, one to whom lands were given; in later use, one to whom lands and tenements are given in tail; in modern use, one on whom a power is conferred for execution; -- sometimes called the appointor..
Tierce :: Tierce (n.) The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour..
Reservation :: Reservation (n.) A term of canon law, which signifies that the pope reserves to himself appointment to certain benefices..
Quinquevir :: Quinquevir (n.) One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.
Tryster :: Tryster (n.) One who makes an appointment, or tryst; one who meets with another..
Hour :: Hour (n.) Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour..
Trier :: Trier (n.) A person appointed according to law to try challenges of jurors; a trior.
Preordain :: Preordain (v. t.) To ordain or appoint beforehand: to predetermine: to foreordain.
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