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Example sentences for "appoint"

Lexicographically close words:
applique; apply; applye; applyed; applying; appointable; appointed; appointee; appointees; appointeth
  1. In other places there are many applicants and it has been found necessary to appoint from these to places where there are none.

  2. In 1515 Ferdinand deemed it advisable to put the prisons under control of the tribunals, with which view he empowered the inquisitors to appoint carceleros with salaries of five hundred sueldos.

  3. In 1502 he even authorized the inquisitor of Lerida and Huesca to appoint a judge of confiscations and notary at each place.

  4. The inquisitors, the receiver and the judge of confiscations were forbidden to appoint any one else to execute their orders if he were at hand.

  5. Charles contented himself with replying that he had asked the pope to appoint as inquisitor-general Archbishop Manrique, whom he would charge to see justice done.

  6. That they were not always careful in their selection would appear when the tribunal of Sicily was obliged, in 1574, to notify an archbishop that he must appoint ecclesiastics and not laymen to sit in judgement on matters of faith.

  7. I appoint you, Hornigold, to look after the movements of the ship.

  8. In view of your service and devotion, we have done you the honor to appoint you as one of the witnesses to the formal betrothal of our daughter, Donna Mercedes, to your friend, Don Felipe de Tobar.

  9. I will appoint soldiers to guard you, for should my men see you, not knowing this, they would cut you down; and when occasion serves you may take passage in the first ship that touches here and go where you will.

  10. I mean not in respect of the Reformation, but rather the time before the Reformation, when our kings were ever striving with the Pope concerning his right to appoint unto dignities and livings.

  11. Commission in 1618, the king decided to appoint a special Commission.

  12. Parliament in the meantime had called upon the earl to appoint Robert Rich, the Earl of Warwick.

  13. Northumberland referred to Parliament to ask whether he should obey the king's orders, and was immediately instructed to appoint the Earl of Warwick.

  14. In 1345 it was found necessary to appoint the Earl of Arundel to command the Western Fleet, "for no one can chastise or rule them unless he be a great man," to quote the candid confession of the King's Council.

  15. It was, however, in his power to appoint a resolute governor; and this he did.

  16. The Lords, desirous to help the king, decided to petition him to appoint a committee of inquiry himself.

  17. It was one thing to appoint an admiral and give him a commission, and quite another to fit the ships for sea.

  18. The heartiness had been so complete that it had at last devolved upon Mr Broune to appoint the clergyman; and, as with all the aid that could be found, the income was still small, the Rev.

  19. I would see to your own personal interests while you were away;--or you could appoint any one by power of attorney.

  20. The will provided that the parish in Vestry were to appoint three alms women to the three western houses, and the owner or inhabitant of Hale House for the time being to appoint to the three eastern houses.

  21. Every member to appoint some person with the proper qualifications to succeed him at his own decease.

  22. The Atheists did not, like the Protestants, set up rival churches, or appoint rival ministers, and seek to draw people to their assemblies.

  23. The first thing done in reconstituting a congregation, was to appoint certain well-known religious men, as anciens or elders.

  24. The young man had already held the same relation to a minister, who went out of office in 1827, taking care before he did so to appoint his young secretary to a place in the foreign office.

  25. There were--more room for landscape, appoint you, Mr. Edgerton!

  26. But he was not capable of this; and Julia, stunned and terrified, was shocked to hear Mrs. Clifford appoint the night of the following Thursday for the forced nuptials.

  27. I appoint you prefects, and give you power to report to me, or to any other mistress, breaches of discipline which come under your notice, and in certain cases to take off order marks.

  28. If the present Government, instead of making promotions at the bidding of parliamentary interest, would appoint a proved leader as Commander-in-Chief, Hindostan might be tranquil once more and Russia overawed.

  29. Of course to carry out your instructions, but you might do worse than appoint me your responsible minister.

  30. The program of the present ministry has been so completely repudiated that the emperor may find it easier to appoint a new ministry than to humiliate the present one by compelling it to propose what it has heretofore refused.

  31. Helenus, the chief augur of Troy, commands Hector to return to the city, in order to appoint a solemn procession of the Queen and the Trojan matrons to the temple of Minerva, to entreat her to remove Diomed from the fight.

  32. Lowry, of Howard, moved that the President appoint a committee to wait on President Shannon, of Boone, and invite him to address the Convention on the subject of slavery.

  33. Anderson, of Lafayette, moved that the President appoint a committee to wait on President Shannon, and request a copy of his address for publication.

  34. Also appoint watches consisting of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch and each opposite his own house.

  35. Over them he will appoint a descendant of David, but this prince shall be shorn of his ancient kingly power.

  36. I no longer command my legion, but appoint me in the name of the Left, Colonel of the 6th.

  37. He grants you the right to appoint him Dictator for ten years.

  38. The President observed that it would be to the purpose to appoint a Procureur-General.

  39. And I will myself appoint the hour for the mid-day meal.

  40. Leave me my estates, acknowledge me as grand master, appoint me my father's successor, give me the hand of Princess Charlotte Louise.

  41. He further informs the good folks of Berlin, that his Electoral Grace has been pleased to appoint Conrad von Burgsdorf superintendent of all the fortresses within the Electorate and Mark of Brandenburg.

  42. Her husband, who had been witness of her brutality, came to me with an assurance, that, by way of recompense, he should appoint me a very large share of the milk.

  43. So soon as the meat is ready, they begin by laying aside a portion for the husband; then that which they appoint for any of their neighbours, with whom they live on good terms.

  44. We will appoint you to preside, and sit ourselves on either side of you.

  45. He was going to appoint five Members, possibly sweaters, to determine the rate of wages.

  46. He wanted now rather to anticipate a request that would probably be made by Honorable Members opposite--that he should appoint a Parliamentary Committee.

  47. In the third sitting of the new Parliament, held on February 20, the Postmaster General, Mr. Sydney Buxton, announced that the Government had decided to appoint a Select Committee of the House of Commons.


  48. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "appoint" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    allocate; allot; apparel; apply; appoint; appropriate; arm; assign; attire; authorize; cast; commission; deck; decorate; delegate; demand; designate; destine; detail; devote; dictate; direct; doom; dower; dress; earmark; elect; equip; fate; finger; fit; furnish; gear; heel; hire; impose; limit; lot; make; man; mark; munition; name; nominate; ordain; outfit; post; prepare; prescribe; require; reserve; restrict; rig; schedule; select; settle; staff; station; tap


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    appointed colonel; appointed commander; appointed commissioner; appointed professor; appointed time