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appointed

/əˈpɔɪntɪd/

adjective

not comparable, of a politician or a title Subject to appointment, as opposed to an election. In the United States, the Secretary of State is an appointed position.

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of appoint One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”

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Closest in meaning: appointive, nominated, nominative, ordained, settled, furnished, nonelective, assigned, decreed, equipped, prescribed, appointment, appointee, nominee, nominate, nomination

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@misc{appointed_2026,
  title = {appointed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/appointed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}