appoint, apoynte, adpoynte

t. & i. [Fr. appointer, from point, pointe = a point; O. Fr. a pointer = to prepare, to arrange; Prov. apontar, apontar, apointar; Sp. apuntar = to point, to denote or appoint, to sharpen; Ital. appuntare = to sew, to sharpen, to fix, appoint; Low Lat. appuncto to bring back to the point; Cla . Lat. ad to, and punctum , acc us. of. punctus or punctum (1) a pricking, a stinging, (2) a point; pun go, pupugi , punctum = to prick, to puncture.] [APPOINTER.] A. Transitive: I. Ordinary Language: *1. To point to or at. " Appoint not heavenly disposition." Milton: Samson Agonistes. 2. To decree, to ordain; hence to make secure, to settle. (a) To decree, to fix, to ordain, by divine or by human authority; as the arrangements in nature, those for divine worship, times, places, or anything similar. "He appointed the moon for seasons." Ps. είν. 19. "And the Lord appointed a set time, saying. Tomorrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land." Exod . ix. 5. "Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, ."-2 Sam . vii. 10. "It was their undoubted prerogative to regulate coin, weights, and measures, and to appoint fairs, markets, and ports."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. i. (b) To make secure, to establish, to settle. when he appointed the foundations of the earth - Proe . viii. 29. 3. To nominate by competent authority to an office; or to do temporary service. (Followed by two objectives-one of the person nominated, and the other of the office.) Lord to appoint me ruler over the people of the 4. To allot, to a ign, or adjudge to one a portion, wages, or an office or dignity. (Followed (a) By an objective of the thing given, and to or unto before the person receiving it: "And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me."- Luke xxii. 29. (b) By two objectives; there being an ellipsis of the to or unto .) and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites."- Matt . xxiv. 51. Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it." -Gen . xxx. 28. 5. To command, to enjoin. and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee." Titus i. 5. 6. To equip, to supply, to furnish with all things nece ary to efficiency. "The English, being well appointed , did so entertain them, that their ships departed terribly torn."-Hayward. II. Technically : To make a conveyance altering the disposition of landed property, and a igning it to a specified person. B. Intransitive: To decree, to arrange; fixedly to resolve. "So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed , say saying, Come to me again the third day."-1 Kings xii. 12. "For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Achitophel "-2 Sam. xvii, 14. IMG:content-0649.png:[blocks in formation] II. Technically ( Law ): 1. In the same sense as I. 1. 2. A person in whose favour a power of appointment is executed. ( Wharton .) "But the usual course now is for some one to procure letters of patent, or other authority from the king, and then the ordinary of courts grants administration to such appointee of the crown." Black stone: Comment., bk. ii., ch. 32.