Appointing
[ə'pɔɪnt]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Appoint
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Examples
- The Pacha of a Pachalic does not trouble himself with appointing tax-collectors. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They enjoyed so much the ordering and the appointing of it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They universally, therefore, discharged themselves of it, by appointing a deputy, bailiff or judge. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The little singing-bird that never was fledged, was long kept in a cage by a guardian of your appointing, well enough known to our old intriguer here. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I supposed that if you wanted to see me you would have sent to me, appointing me to come somewhere near the school, as I did last time. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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