verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French appointer, from a- (from Latin ad-) + point point
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1. to fix or set officially , to name officially , arrange , to determine the disposition of (an estate) to someone by virtue of a power of appointment, to provide with complete and usually appropriate or elegant furnishings or equipment , intransitive verb to exercise a power of appointment, see: furnish