adjective
1. subject to appointment (Freq. 2)
• Syn: ↑appointive
• Ant: ↑elective (for: ↑appointive)
• Similar to: ↑nominated, ↑nominative, ↑nonelective, ↑non-elective, ↑nonelected
• Derivationally related forms: ↑appoint (for: ↑appointive)
2. selected for a job (Freq. 2)
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the one appointed for guard duty
• Similar to: ↑assigned
3. fixed or established especially by order or command (Freq. 1)
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"at the time appointed (or the appointed time")
• Syn: ↑decreed, ↑ordained, ↑prescribed
• Similar to: ↑settled
4. provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind) (Freq. 1)
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a house that is beautifully appointed
Useful english dictionary. 2012.