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Adjective appointed has 4 senses
- appointive, appointed - subject to appointment
- appointed - selected for a job; "the one appointed for guard duty"
Antonym: unassigned (indirect, via assigned)
- appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribed - fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the time appointed (or the appointed time")
Antonym: unsettled (indirect, via settled)
- appointed - provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind); "a house that is beautifully appointed"
Antonyms: unfurnished, unequipped (indirect, via furnished)
Verb appoint has 3 senses
- appoint, name, nominate, constitute - create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"
--1 is one way to establish, found, plant, constitute, institute
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- appoint, charge - assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"
Sample sentence:
They appoint him to write the letter
- appoint - furnish; "a beautifully appointed house"
--3 is one way to equip, fit, fit out, outfit
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
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