Ap*point" (ăp*point"), v. i. To ordain; to determine; to arrange.
For the Lord
had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel.
2 Sam. xvii.
14.
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.
When he
appointed the foundations of the earth.
Prov. viii. 29.
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. 15.
He hath
appointed a day, in the which
he will judge the world in righteousness.
Acts xvii.
31.
Say that the emperor request a parley . . . and appoint the meeting.
Shak.
3. To assign, designate, or set apart by
authority.
Aaron and his shall
go in, and
appoint them every one to
his service.
Num. iv.
19.
These were cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
Josh. xx.
9.
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.
5.
To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign. [Obs.]
Appoint not heavenly disposition.
Milton.
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.
To appoint one's self,
to resolve. [Obs.]
Crowley.
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