From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
From [en], borrowed from [en] ([fr]), from [en]; Latin [la] + [la]. See
point.
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting , or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1820 | title=The Edinburgh Annual Register
|passage=His Royal Highness called to pay his respects to her Majesty; but,
from the unexpected nature of his visit, her Majesty was not in a state then
to receive him; but soon after sent a letter to Prince Leopold, to APPOINT one
o'clock this day for an interview.}}
1. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=November 8 2014 | author=Ivan Hewett | title=Art on demand makes emperors of us all | titleurl=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/11216699/Art-on-demand-makes-emperors-of-us-all.html | journal=The Telegraph
|passage=We have to wait until they're ready to receive us, and make sure we
turn up at the APPOINTED time.}}
1. [en] To name (someone to a post or role ).
2. * [Numbers]
3. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=November 3 2014 | author=Fredric U. Dicker | title= Cuomo appointed 'vote or else' strategist (see http://nypost.com/2014/11/03/author-of-democrats-threatening-letter-identified/) | journal=w:New York Post
|passage=Neal Kwatra, APPOINTED by Cuomo to be the state Democratic Party's
chief campaign strategist, was identified by two key Democratic
insiders[...]}}
1. [en] To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2009 | author=Donald Olson | title=Germany for Dummies
|passage=The hotel is beautifully designed and beautifully APPOINTED in a
classic, modern style that manages to be both serene and luxurious at the same
time.}}
1. [en] To equip (someone) with (something); to assign (someone) authoritatively (some equipment).
2. * [en]
3. [en] To fix the disposition of ( property ) by designating someone to take use of (it).
4. * 1828–29 (case decided), published in 1843 , in the _Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery_ :
5. *: If the donee of a power APPOINT the fund to one of the objects of the power, under an understanding that the latter is to lend the fund to tho former, although on good security, the appointment is bad.
6. [en] To fix with powe r or firmness by decree or command ; to ordain or establish .
7. * [Proverbs]
8. * [2 Samuel]
9. [en] To resolve ; to determine ; to ordain .
10. * [2 Samuel]
11. * 1823 December 13, a record quoted in _The Christian Library: A Reprint of Popular Religious Works_ (Richard Watson, Thomas Taylor, Thomas Raffles, etc; 1836):
12. *: The day being very stormy, we were obliged to keep at home; which I much regretted, as it abridged my opportunity of seeing the Jewish synagogues, as we had APPOINTED to do to-day.
13. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1833 | title=The Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. Matthew Henry
|passage=He had preached twice on the Lord's day, he preached also on Monday,
and had APPOINTED to do the same on Tuesday, but died that morning.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1848 | author=w:Anthony Trollope | title=The Kellys and the O'Kellys | isbn=5874358048 | page=251
|passage=On the following morning Lord Ballindine[,] as he had APPOINTED to
do, drove over to Dunmore, to settle with Martin about the money, and, if
necessary, to go with him to the attorney's office in Tuam.}}
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Related terms
- [en]
**** Translations
[to fix (the time and place of)]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [date] [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Latin: [la]
- Maori: [mi]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Russian: [ru] [время, место]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[to name to a post]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] , [it]
- Maori: [mi]
- Old English: [ang]
- Russian: [ru] [на пост] , [ru] [к должности] , [ru]
- Sanskrit: [sa]
- Welsh: [cy]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[to furnish with everything necessary]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[to equip or assign authoritatively]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] [arbitrarily]
[trans-bottom]
[(law) to fix the disposition of]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[to fix with power or firmness]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Latin: [la] , [la] , [la]
- Maori: [mi]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
*** Further reading
- [R:OneLook]
- [R:Webster 1913]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** French
*** Etymology
Deverbal of [fr]. from [fr], from [fr], from [fr]; Latin [la] + [la].
*** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Noun
[m]
1. an amount of small change
2. money which completes a payment, balances an account
3. [fr] complementary support
**** Derived terms
{{col|fr |faire l'appoint |câbles d’appoint |carburant d'appoint |lit
d'appoint |propulseur d'appoint |pièce d’appoint }}
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]