"appointed" in the verb sense
1. appoint, name, nominate, constitute
create and charge with a task or function
"nominate a committee"
2. appoint, charge
assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
"He was appointed deputy manager"
"She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"
3. appoint
furnish
"a beautifully appointed house"
"appointed" in the adjective sense
1. appointive, appointed
subject to appointment
2. appointed
selected for a job
"the one appointed for guard duty"
3. appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribed
fixed or established especially by order or command
"at the time appointed (or the appointed time)"
4. appointed
provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind
"a house that is beautifully appointed"
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