| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To nominate, denominate or designate.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To assign or determine. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To constitute or create. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To call, name, invite, invoke or subpoena. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To choose, elect, pick, prefer or select.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Present participle conjugation of the verb appoint.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (appoint) | 1. Create and charge with a task or function.[Wordnet]. 2. Assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager".[Wordnet]. 3. Furnish; "a beautifully appointed house".[Wordnet]. 4. To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.[Websters]. 5. To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of.[Websters]. 6. To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.[Websters]. 7. To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out.[Websters]. 8. To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign.[Websters]. 9. 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.[Websters]. 10. To ordain; to determine; to arrange.[Websters]. 11. Base verb from the following inflections: appointing, appointed, appoints, appointor, appointors, appointingly and appointedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being concluding.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being coordinating. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being commanding. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being redeeming. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being developing. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being discerning or discriminating. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being penetrating or piercing. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being energizing, encouraging or energising.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "APPOINTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Specialty Definition: APPOINTING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Setting; fixing; ordaining; constituting; assigning.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of appoint. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: APPOINTING
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Appointing authority | Occupations | The individual, usually the agency head, who has the authority by law, or by lawfully delegated authority, to make appointments to SES (Senior Executive Service) positions, to set pay, and/or to assign final SES performance ratings. (references) | |
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