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"word": "appointable"
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"word": "appointment"
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"word": "foreappoint"
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"word": "preappoint"
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{
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"word": "reappoint"
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{
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"word": "self-appoint"
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{
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"word": "unappoint"
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{
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"word": "well-appointed"
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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "apointen"
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"2": "fro",
"3": "apointier",
"4": "",
"5": "to prepare, arrange, lean, place"
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"2": "appointer",
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"4": "to give a salary, refer a cause"
},
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"name": "cog"
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"2": "LL.",
"3": "appunctare",
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"5": "to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a controversy, or the points in an agreement"
},
"expansion": "Late Latin appunctare (“to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a controversy, or the points in an agreement”)",
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{
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"1": "la",
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"3": "",
"4": "a point"
},
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}
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"etymology_text": "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 appunctare (“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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{
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"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "appointing",
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"present"
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},
{
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"past"
]
},
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}
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{
"ref": "1820, The Edinburgh Annual Register",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014 November 8, Ivan Hewett, “Art on demand makes emperors of us all”, in The Telegraph",
"text": "We have to wait until they're ready to receive us, and make sure we turn up at the appointed time.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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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."
],
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"determine",
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[
"meeting",
"meeting"
],
[
"authority",
"authority"
],
[
"agreement",
"agreement"
]
],
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"(transitive) To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "opredeljam",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "определям"
},
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"roman": "predpisvam",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "предписвам"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "beschikken"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 0 4 0 20 21 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "bepalen"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 0 4 0 20 21 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "vaststellen"
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{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "asettaa"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "fixer"
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"code": "fr",
"english": "date",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "poser"
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{
"_dis1": "55 0 4 0 20 21 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "bestimmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 0 4 0 20 21 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "festlegen"
},
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"_dis1": "55 0 4 0 20 21 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "fissare"
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"_dis1": "55 0 4 0 20 21 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "costituire"
},
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "scisco"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "kopou"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "umawiać"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "umówić"
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"alt": "время, место",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naznačatʹ",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "назначать"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryznačáty",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "признача́ти"
}
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"ref": "2014 November 3, Fredric U. Dicker, “Cuomo appointed 'vote or else' strategist”, in New York Post",
"text": "Neal Kwatra, appointed by Cuomo to be the state Democratic Party's chief campaign strategist, was identified by two key Democratic insiders[...]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To name (someone to a post or role)."
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"role",
"role"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To name (someone to a post or role)."
],
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "təyin etmək"
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"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "quyıw",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "ҡуйыу"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "nimittää"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "ernennen"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "nominare"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "designare"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "assegnare"
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{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "incaricare"
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "kopou"
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{
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"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "sċrīfan"
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"alt": "на пост",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naznačatʹ",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "назначать"
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"alt": "к должности",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pristavljatʹ",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приставлять"
},
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"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prisvaivatʹ zvanije",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "присваивать звание"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "dadhāti",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "दधाति"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "tayin kerden"
}
]
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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{
"ref": "2009, Donald Olson, Germany for Dummies",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out."
],
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[
"provide",
"provide"
],
[
"equipment",
"equipment"
],
[
"furnishings",
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],
[
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]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
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"_dis1": "4 1 78 7 2 1 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oborudvam",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "оборудвам"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "varustaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 78 7 2 1 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "varustella"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 78 7 2 1 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "ausstatten"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 78 7 2 1 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "ausrüsten"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 78 7 2 1 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "approntare"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 78 7 2 1 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "equipaggiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 78 7 2 1 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "prover"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 78 7 2 1 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "snarjažatʹ",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "снаряжать"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 78 7 2 1 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oborudovatʹ",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "оборудовать"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 78 7 2 1 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "equipar"
}
]
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1747, William Stith, The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia, page 15",
"text": "after mature Deliberation, he appointed them a Ship of seventy Tons,",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To equip (someone) with (something); to assign (someone) authoritatively (some equipment)."
],
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"equip",
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"authoritatively",
"authoritatively"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To equip (someone) with (something); to assign (someone) authoritatively (some equipment)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
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"_dis1": "2 0 35 53 3 1 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predostavljatʹ",
"sense": "to equip or assign authoritatively",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "предоставлять"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 35 53 3 1 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žalovatʹ",
"sense": "to equip or assign authoritatively",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "жаловать"
}
]
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Law",
"orig": "en:Law",
"parents": [
"Justice",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1828–29 (case decided), published in 1843, in the Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery",
"text": "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."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To fix the disposition of (property) by designating someone to take use of (it)."
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[
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"property",
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[
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"designate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, law) To fix the disposition of (property) by designating someone to take use of (it)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
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"law"
],
"translations": [
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"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "(law) to fix the disposition of",
"word": "eşten"
}
]
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"glosses": [
"To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish."
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[
"firmness",
"firmness"
],
[
"decree",
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],
[
"command",
"command"
],
[
"ordain",
"ordain"
],
[
"establish",
"establish"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, transitive) To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ustanovjavam",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "установявам"
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{
"_dis1": "7 0 0 0 14 75 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "määrätä"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 0 0 0 14 75 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "fixer"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 0 0 0 14 75 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "poser"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 0 0 0 14 75 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "déterminer"
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{
"_dis1": "7 0 0 0 14 75 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "festlegen"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 0 0 0 14 75 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "festsetzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 0 0 0 14 75 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "scisco"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 0 0 0 14 75 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "lego"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 0 0 0 14 75 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "kopou"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 0 0 0 14 75 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "fixar"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 0 0 0 14 75 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "fincar"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 0 0 0 14 75 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "determinar"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 0 0 0 14 75 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "fijar"
}
]
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1823 December 13, a record quoted in The Christian Library: A Reprint of Popular Religious Works (Richard Watson, Thomas Taylor, Thomas Raffles, etc; 1836)",
"text": "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."
},
{
"ref": "1833, The Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. Matthew Henry",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1848, Anthony Trollope, The Kellys and the O'Kellys, page 251",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To resolve; to determine; to ordain."
],
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"links": [
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],
[
"determine",
"determine"
],
[
"ordain",
"ordain"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, intransitive) To resolve; to determine; to ordain."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/əˈpɔɪnt/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔɪnt"
},
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"ref": "1747, William Stith, The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia, page 15",
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"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "определям"
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"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
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"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "asettaa"
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"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
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"english": "date",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "poser"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "bestimmen"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "festlegen"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "fissare"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "costituire"
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"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "scisco"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "kopou"
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"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
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"alt": "время, место",
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"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"tags": [
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"word": "назначать"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryznačáty",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "признача́ти"
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"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "təyin etmək"
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"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "quyıw",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "ҡуйыу"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "nimittää"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "ernennen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "nominare"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "designare"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "assegnare"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "incaricare"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "kopou"
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"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "sċrīfan"
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"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "tayin kerden"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "varustaa"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "varustella"
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"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "ausstatten"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "ausrüsten"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "equipaggiare"
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"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "prover"
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"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
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"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "equipar"
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"roman": "predostavljatʹ",
"sense": "to equip or assign authoritatively",
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"word": "предоставлять"
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"code": "ru",
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"word": "жаловать"
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{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "(law) to fix the disposition of",
"word": "eşten"
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"roman": "ustanovjavam",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "установявам"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "määrätä"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "fixer"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "poser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "déterminer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "festlegen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "festsetzen"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "scisco"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "lego"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "lego"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "kopou"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "fixar"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "fincar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "determinar"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
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