Appoint vs Accompany - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.
* 1611 , (King James Version) Proverbs 8.29
To fix the time and place of a meeting (by a decree, order, command etc.)
* 8 November 2014 , Ivan Hewett in The Telegraph'', ''
*:We have to wait until they're ready to receive us, and make sure we turn up at the appointed time.
* 1820 , The Edinburgh Annual Register
*:His Royal Highness called to pay his respects to her Majesty ; but, from the unexpected nature of his visit, her Majesty was not in a state then to receive him ; but soon after sent a letter to Prince Leopold, to appoint one o'clock this day for an interview.
* 1611 , (King James Version) 2 Samuel 15.15
To give a job or a role to somebody
* 3 November 2014 , Fredric U. Dicker in the (New York Post), ''
*:Neal Kwatra, appointed by Cuomo to be the state Democratic Party's chief campaign strategist, was identified by two key Democratic insiders
* 1611 , (King James Version) Numbers 4.19
To furnish completely; to provide with all the equipment necessary; to equip or fit out.
* 2009 , Donald Olson, Germany for Dummies
*:The hotel is beautifully designed and beautifully appointed in a classic, modern style that manages to be both serene and luxurious at the same time.
(archaic, transitive, legal) 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.
:(Alexander Mansfield Burrill)
To point at by way of censure or commendation; to arraign.
* Milton
To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.
* 1804 :
* 1581 , (Philip Sidney), An Apology of Poetry, or a Defense of Poesy , Book I:
* 1979 , (Thomas Babington Macaulay), The History of England :
To supplement with; add to.
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, title= (senseid)(music) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.
(music) To perform an accompanying part next to another instrument.
(obsolete) To associate in a company; to keep company.
* (rfdate) Holland:
(obsolete) To cohabit (with).
(obsolete) To cohabit with; to coexist with; occur with.
In lang=en terms the difference between appoint and accompany
is that appoint is to furnish completely; to provide with all the equipment necessary; to equip or fit out while accompany is to supplement with; add to.As verbs the difference between appoint and accompany
is that appoint is (obsolete|transitive) to fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out while accompany is to go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.appoint
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Verb
(en verb)- When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
Art on demand makes emperors of us all
- Thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint .
Cuomo appointed 'vote or else' strategist
- Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service.
- Appoint not heavenly disposition.
Derived terms
* appointee * appointer * appointive * appointment * self-appointedExternal links
* *accompany
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Verb
(en-verb)- The Persian dames, […] / In sumptuous cars, accompanied his march.
- They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.
- He was accompanied by two carts filled with wounded rebels.
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- Men say that they will drive away one another, […] and not accompany together.