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appoint someone to something to select or assign someone to serve in a particular role. (Usually focusing on the role of the person or on a group of persons with similar roles.) l am going to appoint you to the position of treasurer. Fred tried to appoint himself to the board of directors, but it violated the by-laws. at the appointed time at the expected or assigned time. The cab pulled up in the driveway at the appointed time. We all met at the hotel at the appointed time. See also: time How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If the individual be of tender conscience and religiously quickened, the unhappiness will take the form of moral remorse and compunction, of feeling inwardly vile and wrong, and of standing in false relations to the author of one's being and the appointer of one's spiritual fate. After much debate, a regionalization of the Planning Commission was suggested, but its members are appointed instead of elected, so there will be issues to which the appointee will likely be beholden to the appointer and thus too vulnerable to the appointer's opinion. The Intelligent Appointer can also make an initial check to determine whether sufficient capacity exists to make a customer appointment, and then if necessary makes a more precise assessment by looking within the live schedule to return the cost/risk of the commitment. |
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