[əˈpɔɪnt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- assign a job or role to (someone)
(e.g: she has been appointed to the board)

- determine or decide on (a time or a place)
(e.g: they appointed a day in May for the meeting)

- decide the disposition of (property of which one is not the owner) under powers granted by the owner
(e.g: trustees appoint the capital to the beneficiaries)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French apointer, from a point ‘to a point’