Ap-point′1, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. APPOINTED; p. pr. & vb. n. APPOINTING.] [Fr. appointier, to give a salary, to refer a cause; O. Fr. apointer, to prepare, arrange, lean, place; Pr. apuntar, Sp. apuntar, It. appuntare, to point, sharpen, aim, fix; L. Lat. appunctare, to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a controversy, or the points in an agreement, from Lat. ad and punctum, a point. See POINT.]
Sense 1. To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to make fast.
When he appointed the foundations of the earth. Prov. viii. 29.
Sense 2. To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe.
Thy servants are ready to do whatever 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.
Sense 3. To assign, designate, or set apart, by authority.
Aaron and his sons shall go in, and . . . appoint every one to his service. Num. iv. 19.
These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel. Josh. xx. 9.
Sense 4. To furnish in all points; to provide with every necessary; to equip.
The English, being well appointed, did so entertain them that their ships departed terribly torn. Hayward.
Sense 5. To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or condemnation; to arraign. [Rare.]
Appoint not heavenly disposition, father. Milton.
Sense 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.