appoint
 ap·point (ə-pointʹ)tr.v. ap·point·ed, ap·point·ing, ap·points
1. To select or designate to fill an office or a position:
appointed her the chief operating officer of the company.
2. To fix or set by authority or by mutual agreement:
will appoint a date for the examination.
3. To furnish; equip:
a house that is comfortably appointed.
4. Law. To direct the disposition of (property) to a person or persons in exercise of a power granted for this purpose by a preceding deed. [Middle English appointen, from Old French apointer, apointier, to arrange, from a point, to the point : a, to (from Latin ad. See ad-) + point, point; see point.]
Synonyms: appoint, designate, name, nominate, tap
1 These verbs mean to select for an office or position: was appointed chairperson of the committee; expects to be designated leader of the opposition; a new police commissioner named by the mayor; to be nominated as her party's candidate; was tapped for fraternity membership. See also synonyms at furnish
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