Appoint | Mean of appoint in English Dictionary

/əˈpoɪnt/

• Verb
• to choose (someone) to have a particular job
1. The President appointed [=named, designated] him (as) Secretary of Education.
2. She was appointed professor of chemistry at the university.
3. After his parents died, the boy's uncle was appointed as his guardian.
4. Every year, the group appoints three new members.
5. a committee appointed by Congress
6. the company's newly appointed assistant director
7. The defendant will be represented by a court-appointed attorney. [=a lawyer chosen by a court to defend someone who has been accused of a crime]
8. appointing women to positions of power
9. She was appointed to the position last year.
10. He has been appointed to serve as president of the club.
11. A young lawyer was appointed to represent the accused man.
• to decide or establish (something) in an official way
1. She wasn't able to accomplish her appointed tasks. [=the things that she was supposed to do]
2. We will not deviate/stray from our appointed course.
3. doctors on their appointed rounds
• to decide (the time or place at which something will happen or be done)
1. We were all ready at the appointed time/hour.
2. on the appointed day
3. Call me when you reach the appointed place/location.

• to decorate and put furniture in (a room or space)
1. Each suite is appointed with handmade furniture and original artwork.
2. We stayed in one of the hotel's beautifully appointed rooms.