verb /əˈpɔɪnt/
a) To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.
When he appointed the foundations of the earth. Prov. viii. 29.
b) 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.
Thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint. 2 Sam. xv. 15.
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