\Ap*point"\ ([a^]p*point"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Appointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appointing}.] [OE. appointen,
apointen, OF. apointier to prepare, arrange, lean, place, F.
appointer to give a salary, refer a cause, fr. LL. appunctare
to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a
controversy, or the points in an agreement; L. ad + punctum a
point. See {Point}.]
1. To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.
         When he appointed the foundations of the earth.
                                               --Prov. viii.
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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.

\Ap*point"\ ([a^]p*point"), v. i.
To ordain; to determine; to arrange.
      For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel
      of Ahithophel.                           --2 Sam. xvii.
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