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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. subject to appointment;
[syn: appointive, appointed]

2. selected for a job;
- Example: "the one appointed for guard duty"

3. fixed or established especially by order or command;
- Example: "at the time appointed (or the appointed time")
[syn: appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribed]

4. provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind);
- Example: "a house that is beautifully appointed"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

furnished \furnished\ adj. provided with necessary furnishings; -- used especially of rented apartments having furniture included in the rental price; as, a furnished apartment. Opposite of unfurnished. [Narrower terms: stocked, stocked with ; {appointed; well-appointed, well-found ; {fitted out, outfitted ] Syn: equipped. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Appoint \Ap*point"\ ([a^]p*point"), 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

appointed \appointed\ 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

appointed adj 1: subject to appointment [syn: appointive, appointed] [ant: elected, elective] 2: selected for a job; "the one appointed for guard duty" 3: fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the time appointed (or the appointed time") [syn: appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribed] 4: provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind); "a house that is beautifully appointed"