Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete) To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.

* 1611 , (King James Version) Proverbs 8.29

When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

To fix the time and place of a meeting (by a decree, order, command etc.)

* 8 November 2014 , Ivan Hewett in The Telegraph'', '' Art on demand makes emperors of us all

*: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

Thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint .

To give a job or a role to somebody

* 3 November 2014 , Fredric U. Dicker in the (New York Post), '' Cuomo appointed 'vote or else' strategist

*: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

Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service.

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

Appoint not heavenly disposition.

Verb

To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=(Jonathan Freedland)

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(slang, dated) To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).

* 1947 , (Robertson Davies), (The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks) , Clarke, Irwin & Co., page 183,

The train had an excellent whistle which sent' me, just as Sinatra ' sends the bobby-sockers.

* 1957', (Sam Cooke), ,

Darling you send' me / I know you ' send me

* 1991 , , "(Set Adrift on Memory Bliss)",

Baby you send me.

To bring to a certain condition

* 1913 , ,

“I suppose,” blurted Clara suddenly, “she wants a man.”

The other two were silent for a few moments.

“But it’s the loneliness sends her cracked,” said Paul.

To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.

* Bible, 2 Kings vi. 32

See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head?

To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.

* Shakespeare

God send him well!

* Bible, Deuteronomy xxviii. 20

The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke.

* Sir Walter Scott

God send your mission may bring back peace.

(nautical) To pitch.

* Totten

The ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts.