appointed; appointing; appoints
1
a
: to fix or set officially
appoint a trial date
b
: to name officially
will appoint her director of the program
c
archaic
: arrange
d
law
: to determine the disposition of (an estate) to someone by virtue of a power of appointment
2
: to provide with complete and usually appropriate or elegant furnishings or equipment
… appointed the rooms with a curated selection of art and furniture …—
Chron.com
Chron.coma beautifully appointed room
: to exercise a power of appointment
Examples of appoint in a Sentence
She was appointed professor of chemistry at the university.
After his parents died, the boy's uncle was appointed as his guardian.
Every year, the group appoints three new members.
a committee appointed by Congress
the company's newly appointed assistant director
Recent Examples on the Web
New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies Department appointed Grammy Award-winning trombonist and composer Kalia Vandever to its faculty beginning in the fall of 2024.
—Marc Schneider, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2024
Under Justice Department rules, the attorney general — not the president — appoints special counsels.
—CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
In court on Thursday, former Seven Network producer Taylor Auerbach explained that he had been appointed Lehrmann’s babysitter on a visit to Sydney.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
Obermeyer appointed three new members — Tracy Dockler, who is Mitchell’s sister; Jessica Caswell, who works for Mitchell according to posts on her social media pages; and James Hoppe who is married to Caswell, according to the Jackson County Recorder of Deeds.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2024
That same year, Moon’s third daughter, Tatiana, was appointed head of the U.S. Unification Church.
—TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
Trump Media seeks to make the co-founders forfeit their stake in the company and to take away their ability to appoint members to the board.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
Rhone appointed Tess Roering to its board of directors.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024
The program started in 1943, when then-Governor Walter Goodland appointed people to the first historical markers committee.
—Journal Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2024
Marc Schneider, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2024
Under Justice Department rules, the attorney general — not the president — appoints special counsels.
—CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
In court on Thursday, former Seven Network producer Taylor Auerbach explained that he had been appointed Lehrmann’s babysitter on a visit to Sydney.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
Obermeyer appointed three new members — Tracy Dockler, who is Mitchell’s sister; Jessica Caswell, who works for Mitchell according to posts on her social media pages; and James Hoppe who is married to Caswell, according to the Jackson County Recorder of Deeds.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2024
That same year, Moon’s third daughter, Tatiana, was appointed head of the U.S. Unification Church.
—TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
Trump Media seeks to make the co-founders forfeit their stake in the company and to take away their ability to appoint members to the board.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
Rhone appointed Tess Roering to its board of directors.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024
The program started in 1943, when then-Governor Walter Goodland appointed people to the first historical markers committee.
—Journal Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2024
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appoint
verb
ap·point
ə-ˈpȯint 
1
: to decide on usually from a position of authority
the teacher appointed a time for our meeting
2
: to choose for some job or offices
I was appointed to wash the dishes
the school board appointed three new teachers
the president appoints a cabinet
Legal Definition
appoint
transitive verb
ap·point
ə-ˈpȯint
1
: to name officially to a position
appointed to the agency's top post
appointed conservator of the estate
2
: to determine the distribution of (property) by exercising the authority granted by a power of appointment
a general power to appoint the corpus of a trust—W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al.
W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al.
: to exercise a power of appointment see also power of appointment
appointment
noun
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