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appointed   (TTS Sound)

The verb appoint has 3 senses

• appoint, name, nominate, constitute -- (create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee")


• appoint, charge -- (assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance")


• appoint -- (furnish; "a beautifully appointed house")

The adj appointed has 4 senses

• appointive, appointed -- (subject to appointment)


• appointed -- (selected for a job; "the one appointed for guard duty")


• appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribed -- (fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the time appointed (or the appointed time"))


• appointed -- (provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind); "a house that is beautifully appointed")