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appointed adjective [ əˈpɔɪntɪd ]

• (of a time or place) decided on beforehand; designated.
• "she arrived at the appointed time"
Similar: scheduled, arranged, prearranged, specified, decided, agreed, determined, assigned, designated, allotted, set, fixed, chosen, established, settled, preordained, authorized, ordained, prescribed, decreed,
• (of a building or room) equipped or furnished in a specified way.
• "a luxuriously appointed lounge"
Similar: furnished, decorated, outfitted, fitted out, rigged out, provided, supplied,

appoint verb

• assign a job or role to (someone).
• "she has been appointed to the board"
Similar: nominate, name, designate, install as, commission, engage, adopt, co-opt, select, choose, elect, vote in, detail,
Opposite: reject,
• determine or decide on (a time or a place).
• "they appointed a day in May for the meeting"
Similar: specify, determine, assign, designate, allot, set, fix, arrange, choose, decide on, establish, settle, authorize, ordain, prescribe, decree,
• decide the disposition of (property of which one is not the owner) under powers granted by the owner.
• "trustees appoint the capital to the beneficiaries"
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French apointer, from a point ‘to a point’.


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