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appoint

v.

To designate
select, designate, elect, name; see delegate 1, 2.
To furnish
furnish, equip, outfit; see furnish 1, 2. See syn. study at furnish.

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Another word for appoint

verb

To select for an office or position:
designate, make, name, nominate, tap¹. See choice
To supply what is needed for some activity or purpose:
accouter, equip, fit¹, fit out (or up), furnish, gear, outfit, rig, turn out. See give

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He was given the right to dispense justice, to coin money and to appoint the bishops in Bavaria.
The school committee (who serve gratuitously) appoint the superintendent and supervisors of schools.
This board has power to appoint a school director and a superintendent of instruction.
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.
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.

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