Appoint meaning : To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement. To name (someone to a post or role). To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out. To equip (someone) with (something); to assign (someone) authoritatively (some equipment). To fix the disposition of (property) by designating someone to take use of (it). To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish. To resolve; to determine; to ordain.