‖n. [ It., fr. appogiarre to lean, to rest; ap- (L. ad) + poggiare to mount, ascend, poggio hill, fr. L. podium an elevated place. ] (Mus.) A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Appointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Appointing. ] [ OE. appointen, apointen, OF. apointier to prepare, arrange, lean, place, F. appointer to give a salary, refer a cause, fr. LL. appunctare to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a controversy, or the points in an agreement; L. ad + punctum a point. See Point. ] 1. To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out. [ 1913 Webster ]

When he appointed the foundations of the earth. Prov. viii. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint. 2 Sam. xv. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness. Acts xvii. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

Say that the emperor request a parley . . . and appoint the meeting. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To assign, designate, or set apart by authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service. Num. iv. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

These were cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. Josh. xx. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out. [ 1913 Webster ]

The English, being well appointed, did so entertain them that their ships departed terribly torn. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Appoint not heavenly disposition. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Law) To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; -- said of an estate already conveyed. Burrill. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

To appoint one's self, to resolve. [ Obs. ] Crowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To ordain; to determine; to arrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel. 2 Sam. xvii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being appointed or constituted. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having acquired an office or responsibility through appointment; -- said of officials, and contrasting with elected. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. fixed or established by order or command.
Syn. -- decreed, ordained, prescribed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. provided with furnishing and accessories especially of a tasteful kind. a house that is beautifully appointed [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. selected for a duty or job [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. appointé, p. p. of appointer. See Appoint, v. t. ] 1. A person appointed. [ 1913 Webster ]

The commission authorizes them to make appointments, and pay the appointees. Circular of Mass. Representatives (1768). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (law) A person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed. Kent. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. appointement. ] 1. The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being appointed to som&unr_; service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments. [ 1913 Webster ]

According to the appointment of the priests. Ezra vi. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) The exercise of the power of designating (under a “power of appointment”) a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cavaliers emulated their chief in the richness of their appointments. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands
Void of appointment, that thou liest. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only in the plural. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An expense proportioned to his appointments and fortune is necessary. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Designation; command; order; direction; establishment; equipment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) The person who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. apporter to bring in, fr. L. apportare; ad + portare to bear. ] A bringer in; an importer. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Apportioned p. pr. & vb. n. Apportioning. ] [ OF. apportionner, LL. apportionare, fr. L. ad + portio. See Portion. ] To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being apportioned or in proportion. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who apportions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. apportionnement, LL. apportionamentum. ] The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Capable of being apposed, or applied one to another, as the thumb to the fingers of the hand; able to be brought into direct spatial opposition.
Syn. -- opposable [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ F. apposer to set to; &unr_; (L. ad) + poser to put, place. See Pose. ] 1. To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another). [ 1913 Webster ]

The nymph herself did then appose,
For food and beverage, to him all best meat. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To place in juxtaposition or proximity. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ For oppose. See Oppose. ] To put questions to; to examine; to try. [ Obs. ] See Pose. [ 1913 Webster ]

To appose him without any accuser, and that secretly. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Placed in apposition; mutually fitting, as the mandibles of a bird's beak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. appositus, p. p. of apponere to set or put to; ad + ponere to put, place. ] Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; -- followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case. -- Ap"po*site*ly, adv. -- Ap"po*site*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. appositio, fr. apponere: cf. F. apposition. See Apposite. ] 1. The act of adding; application; accretion. [ 1913 Webster ]

It grows . . . by the apposition of new matter. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Gram.) The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first. [ 1913 Webster ]

Growth by apposition (Physiol.), a mode of growth characteristic of non vascular tissues, in which nutritive matter from the blood is transformed on the surface of an organ into solid unorganized substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically. Ellicott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to apposition; in apposition. -- n. A noun in apposition. -- Ap*pos"i*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Appositive to the words going immediately before. Knatchbull. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disapointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disappointing. ] [ OF. desapointier, F. désappointer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + apointier, F. appointier, to appoint. See Appoint. ] 1. To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil. [ 1913 Webster ]

I was disappointed, but very agreeably. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Disappointed of a thing not obtained; disappointed in a thing obtained. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result. [ 1913 Webster ]

His retiring foe
Shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow. Addison.

Syn. -- To tantalize; fail; frustrate; balk; baffle; delude; foil; defeat. See Tantalize. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; as, a disappointed person or hope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unprepared; unequipped. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin,
Unhouseled, disappointed, unaneled. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. defeating one's expectations or hopes; failing to fulfill one's expectations or hopes; as, a disappointing result; a disappointing crop yield. [ PJC ]

n. the act of disappointing someone.
Syn. -- disappointment, dashing hopes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. désappointement. ] 1. The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration. [ 1913 Webster ]

If we hope for things of which we have not thoroughly considered the value, our disappointment will be greater than our pleasure in the fruition of them. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

In disappointment thou canst bless. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which disappoints.

Syn. -- Miscarriage; frustration; balk. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F. ] In accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a mutual, esp. a private, understanding; of a hypnotic subject, being in such a mental state as to be especially subject to the influence of a particular person or persons. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To set, order, or appoint, beforehand. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Previous appointment; preordinantion. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not apposite; not fit or suitable; not pertinent. -- In*ap"po*site*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

{ } a. Laplandish; Lappish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Neglect of making appointment; failure to receive an appointment. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) A nocturnal South American monkey (Callithrix discolor), noted for its agility; -- called also ventriloquist monkey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Papoose. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Furnished with a pappus; downy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Pappose. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To appoint previously, or beforehand. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Previous appointment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. rapporter to bring again or back, to refer; pref. re- re- + apporter to bring, L. apportare. Cf. Report. ] Relation; proportion; conformity; correspondence; accord. [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is obvious what rapport there is between the conceptions and languages in every country. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖
En` rap`port" ety>[F.], in accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a mutual, especially a private, understanding; in hypnotism, in that relation of sympathy which permits influence or communication. [1913 Webster]

v. t. To appoint again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of reappointing, or the state of being reappointed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To apportion again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A second or a new apportionment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Sapodilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. tampón a stopper. ] (Irrigation) A piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam up the water so as to overflow a field. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ From Trap a kind of rock. ] (Min.) Of or performance to trap; resembling trap, or partaking of its form or qualities; trappy. [ 1913 Webster ]