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  1. 1. v. t. To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To assign, designate, or set apart by authority. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; -- said of an estate already conveyed. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. i. To ordain; to determine; to arrange. Source: opted
  8. 8. v. create and charge with a task or function Source: wordnet
  9. 9. v. assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to Source: wordnet
  10. 10. 1. To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out. When he appointed the foundations of the earth. Prov. viii. 29. 2. To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of. Thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint. 2 Sam. xv. 15. He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness. Acts xvii. 31. Say that the emperor request a parley . . . and appoint the meeting. Shak. 3. To assign, designate, or set apart by authority. Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service. Num. iv. 19. These were cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. Josh. xx. 9. 4. To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out. The English, being well appointed, did so entertain them that their ships departed terribly torn. Hayward. 5. To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign. [Obs.] Appoint not heavenly disposition. Milton. 6. (Law) To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; -- said of an estate already conveyed. Burrill. Kent. To appoint one's self, to resolve. [Obs.] Crowley. To ordain; to determine; to arrange. For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithoph2 Sam. xvii. 14. Source: webster
  11. 11. To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a newdisposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; --said of an estate already conveyed. Burrill. Kent. To appoint one'sself, to resolve. [Obs.] Crowley. Source: adambom
  12. 12. v:100 v. create and charge with a task or function v. assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to v. furnish Source: ecdict

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