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   appoint

   /əˈpɔɪnt/

   verb

   • 1. assign a job or role to (someone): "she has been appointed to the board" Similar nominatenamedesignateinstall ascommissionengageadoptco-optselectchooseelectvote indetailOpposite reject
   • 2. determine or decide on (a time or a place): "they appointed a day in May for the meeting" Similar specifydetermineassigndesignateallotsetfixarrangechoosedecide onestablishsettleauthorizeordainprescribedecree
   • ▪ decree: archaic "such laws are appointed by God"
   • 3. decide the disposition of (property of which one is not the owner) under powers granted by the owner: "trustees appoint the capital to the beneficiaries"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French apointer, from a point ‘to a point’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. appointer noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • A

     1

   • P

     3

   • P

     3

   • O

     1

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

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