1. Appoint (v.) late 14c., "to decide, resolve; to arrange the time of (a meeting, etc.)," from Anglo-French Appointer, Old French apointier "make ready, arrange, settle, place" (12c., Modern French Appointer), from apointer "duly, fitly," from phrase à point "to the point," from a-"to" (see ad-) + point "point," from Latin punctum "small hole made by pricking" (from nasalized form of PIE root