Definitions
To choose someone for a role or position.
Word origin
From Middle English apointen, borrowed from Old French apointier (“to prepare, arrange, lean, place”) (French appointer (“to give a salary, refer a cause”)), from Late Latin appunctō (“to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a controversy, or the points in an agreement”); Latin ad + punctum (“a point”). See point.
Used in a sentence
“We have to wait until they're ready to receive us, and make sure we turn up at the appointed time.”
“Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service.”
“Neal Kwatra, appointed by Cuomo to be the state Democratic Party's chief campaign strategist, was identified by two key Democratic insiders[...]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Name to a post”7 letters
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