APPOINT
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Ap*point" (ăp*point"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Appointing.] [OE. appointen, apointen, OF. apointier to prepare, arrange, lean, place, F. appointer to give a salary, refer a cause, fr. LL. appunctare to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a controversy, or the points in an agreement; L. ad + punctum a point. See Point.] 1. To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.
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When he appointed the foundations of the earth.
Prov. viii. 29.
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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.
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Thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.
2 Sam. xv. 15.
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He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness.
Acts xvii. 31.
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Say that the emperor request a parley . . . and appoint the meeting.
Shak.
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3. To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.
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Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service.
Num. iv. 19.
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These were cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
Josh. xx. 9.
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4. To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out.
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The English, being well appointed, did so entertain them that their ships departed terribly torn.
Hayward.
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5. To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign. [Obs.]
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Appoint not heavenly disposition.
Milton.
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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. Burrill. Kent.
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To appoint one's self, to resolve. [Obs.] Crowley.
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Ap*point" (ăp*point"), v. i. To ordain; to determine; to arrange.
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For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel.
2 Sam. xvii. 14.
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