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ap·point  (-point)
tr.v. ap·point·ed, ap·point·ing, ap·points
1. To select or designate to fill an office or a position: appointed her the chief operating officer of the company.
2. To fix or set by authority or by mutual agreement: will appoint a date for the examination.
3. To furnish; equip: a house that is comfortably appointed.
4. Law To direct the disposition of (property) to a person or persons in exercise of a power granted for this purpose by a preceding deed.

[Middle English appointen, from Old French apointer, apointier, to arrange, from a point, to the point : a, to (from Latin ad; see ad-) + point, point; see point.]
Synonyms: appoint, designate, name, nominate, tap1
These verbs mean to select for an office or position: was appointed chairperson of the committee; expects to be designated leader of the opposition; a new police commissioner named by the mayor; to be nominated as her party's candidate; was tapped for fraternity membership. See Also Synonyms at furnish.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.appointed - subject to appointment
2.appointed - selected for a job; "the one appointed for guard duty"
assigned - appointed to a post or duty; "assigned personnel"; "assigned duties"
3.appointed - fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the time appointed (or the appointed time")
settled - established or decided beyond dispute or doubt; "with details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night"
4.appointed - provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind); "a house that is beautifully appointed"
furnished, equipped - provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority); "a furnished apartment"; "a completely furnished toolbox"

appointed
adjective
1. decided, set, chosen, established, determined, settled, fixed, arranged, assigned, designated, allotted The appointed hour for the ceremony was drawing near.
2. assigned, named, chosen, commissioned, selected, elected, installed, delegated, nominated The recently appointed captain led by example in the first game.
3. equipped, provided, supplied, furnished, fitted out beautiful, well-appointed houses
Translations
appointed [əˈpɔɪntɪd] adj
at the appointed time → à l'heure convenue
the appointed hour → l'heure convenue
at the appointed hour → à l'heure convenue
appointed
adj hour, placefestgesetzt, festgelegt, verabredet; taskzugewiesen; representative, agenternannt; at the appointed time or the time appointedzur festgelegten or -gesetzten or verabredeten Zeit; his appointed taskdie ihm übertragene Aufgabe; at the appointed timezur festgesetzten or -gelegten or verabredeten Zeit


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Suffice it to say that, after having visited and camped about various streams with varying success, Captain Bonneville set forward early in June for the appointed rendezvous at the caches.
At the appointed moment, everything being ready, he boarded the car and turned on the power.
The last day of the appointed week touched the bars of the Marshalsea gate.
 
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