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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.",
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"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.",
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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."
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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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"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
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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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"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 4:19:",
"text": "Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service.",
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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[...]",
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"(transitive) To name (someone to a post or role)."
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"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "tayin kerden"
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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.",
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"(transitive) To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oborudvam",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "оборудвам"
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"code": "fi",
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"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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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "ausstatten"
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{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "ausrüsten"
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{
"_dis1": "3 1 81 7 2 2 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "approntare"
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{
"_dis1": "3 1 81 7 2 2 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "equipaggiare"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "prover"
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"roman": "snarjažatʹ",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
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"word": "снаряжать"
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"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": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1848, Anthony Trollope, The Kellys and the O'Kellys, →ISBN, 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": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To resolve; to determine; to ordain."
],
"links": [
[
"resolve",
"resolve"
],
[
"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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"synonyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:appoint",
"word": "accredit"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:appoint",
"word": "allot"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:appoint",
"word": "assign"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:appoint",
"word": "choose"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:appoint",
"word": "command"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:appoint",
"word": "decide"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:appoint",
"word": "decree"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:appoint",
"word": "delegate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:appoint",
"word": "designate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:appoint",
"word": "direct"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:appoint",
"word": "elect"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:appoint",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "enjoin"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:appoint",
"word": "employ"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:appoint",
"word": "equip"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:appoint",
"word": "furnish"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:appoint",
"word": "install"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:appoint",
"word": "nominate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:appoint",
"word": "ordain"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:appoint",
"word": "settle"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:appoint",
"word": "tap"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "opredeljam",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "определям"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predpisvam",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "предписвам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "beschikken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "bepalen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "vaststellen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "asettaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "fixer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"english": "date",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "poser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "bestimmen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "festlegen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "fissare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "costituire"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "scisco"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "kopou"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "umawiać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "umówić"
},
{
"alt": "время, место",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naznačatʹ",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "назначать"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryznačáty",
"sense": "to fix (the time and place of)",
"word": "признача́ти"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "təyin etmək"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "quyıw",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "ҡуйыу"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "nomumi"
},
{
"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": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "minná",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "מִנָּה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "niyukti",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "नियुक्ति"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "niyukt",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "नियुक्त"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "ceap"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "nominare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "designare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "assegnare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "incaricare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "kopou"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "sċrīfan"
},
{
"alt": "на пост",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naznačatʹ",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "назначать"
},
{
"alt": "к должности",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pristavljatʹ",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приставлять"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prisvaivatʹ zvanije",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "присваивать звание"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "dadhāti",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "दधाति"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to name to a post",
"word": "tayin kerden"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oborudvam",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "оборудвам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "varustaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "varustella"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "ausstatten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "ausrüsten"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "approntare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "equipaggiare"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "prover"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "snarjažatʹ",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "снаряжать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oborudovatʹ",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "оборудовать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to furnish with everything necessary",
"word": "equipar"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "minná",
"sense": "to equip or assign authoritatively",
"word": "מִנָּה"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predostavljatʹ",
"sense": "to equip or assign authoritatively",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "предоставлять"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žalovatʹ",
"sense": "to equip or assign authoritatively",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "жаловать"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "(law) to fix the disposition of",
"word": "eşten"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ustanovjavam",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "установявам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "määrätä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "fixer"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "scisco"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "lego"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "lego"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "kopou"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "fixar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "fincar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "determinar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to fix with power or firmness",
"word": "fijar"
}
],
"word": "appoint"
}
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