appointed

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    subject to appointment
    selected for a job
    fixed or established especially by order or command
    provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind)

Word Origin

appointed (adj.)
with qualifying adverb, "equipped, furnished," 1530s, from past participle of appoint (v.).

Example

1. The longtime federal judge was appointed by president ronald reagan .
2. The nlrb is an autonomous body , but its board members are appointed by the president .
3. On the appointed night a big crowd showed up .
4. The coupmakers failed because the interim government of bureaucrats and retired soldiers they appointed did a rotten job .
5. Mr chen even appointed the current prosecutor-general .

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