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Added 9 October 2026

appoint

/əˈpɔɪnt/ verb

In Latin: scisco Wiktionary

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To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement.
To name (someone to a post or role).
To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out.

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.

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