appoint
appoint is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 9 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.2. 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. 2 Sam. xv.
- 2.He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness. Acts xvii.
- 3.Say that the emperor request a parley . . . and appoint the meeting. Shak.
- 4.To assign, designate, or set apart by authority. Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service. Num. iv.
- 5.These were cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. Josh. xx.
- 6.4. 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. Hayward.
- 7.To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign. [Obs.] Appoint not heavenly disposition. Milton.
- 8.(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. Burrill. Kent. To appoint one's self, to resolve. [Obs.] Crowley.
- 9.To ordain; to determine; to arrange. For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithoph2 Sam. xvii. 14.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- administer
- administration
- allocate
- allocation
- allot
- allotment
- allowance
- appointment
- apportion
- apportionment
- appropriate
- appropriation
- assign
- assignment
- billet
- carve
- cast
- come
- consignment
- contingent
- deal
- detail
- dispensation
- dispense
- distribute
- distribution
- divide
- dividend
- division
- dole
- dose
- each
- fair
- for
- lot
- measure
- meed
- mess
- mete
- modicum
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is appoint.
- What is he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness. Acts xvii called?
- What is say that the emperor request a parley . . . and appoint the meeting. Shak called?
- What is to assign, designate, or set apart by authority. Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service. Num. iv called?
- What is these were cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. Josh. xx called?
- What is to point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign. [Obs.] Appoint not heavenly disposition. Milton called?
- What is to ordain; to determine; to arrange. For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithoph2 Sam. xvii. 14 called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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