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Another word for appoint

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Verb

  1. To select for an office or position

    See also:

    choice

  2. To supply what is needed for some activity or purpose

    See also:

    give

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Another word for appoint

Verb

  1. To designate

    See also:

    delegate

  2. To furnish

    See also:

    furnish

    See syn. study at

    furnish

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Sentence Examples

  • He was given the right to dispense justice, to coin money and to appoint the bishops in Bavaria.

  • This board has power to appoint a school director and a superintendent of instruction.

  • The school committee (who serve gratuitously) appoint the superintendent and supervisors of schools.

  • The president of the Republic, who is elected for four years by an electoral college, and cannot hold office for more than two successive terms, has a cabinet whose members he may appoint and remove freely, their number being determined by law.

  • He named one hundred preachers who after his death were to meet once a year, fill up vacancies in their number, appoint a president and secretary, station the preachers, admit proper persons into the ministry, and take general oversight of the societies.

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