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appointing
(encz) | appointing,jmenující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
appointing
(encz) | appointing,stanovující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Appointing
(gcide) | 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.
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When he appointed the foundations of the earth.
--Prov. viii.
29.
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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.
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Thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the
king shall appoint. --2 Sam. xv.
15.
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He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge
the world in righteousness. --Acts xvii.
31.
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Say that the emperor request a parley . . . and
appoint the meeting. --Shak.
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3. To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.
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Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every
one to his service. --Num. iv. 19.
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These were cities appointed for all the children of
Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among
them. --Josh. xx. 9.
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4. To furnish in all points; to provide with everything
necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out.
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The English, being well appointed, did so entertain
them that their ships departed terribly torn.
--Hayward.
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5. To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or
commendation; to arraign. [Obs.]
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Appoint not heavenly disposition. --Milton.
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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.
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To appoint one's self, to resolve. [Obs.] --Crowley.
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appointing
(encz) | appointing,jmenující adj: Zdeněk Brožappointing,stanovující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
disappointing
(encz) | disappointing,neuspokojivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
disappointingly
(encz) | disappointingly,neuspokojivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
disappointing
(gcide) | disappointing \disappointing\ a.
defeating one's expectations or hopes; failing to fulfill
one's expectations or hopes; as, a disappointing result; a
disappointing crop yield.
[PJC]disappointing \disappointing\ n.
the act of disappointing someone.
Syn: disappointment, dashing hopes.
[WordNet 1.5]Disappoint \Dis`ap*point"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disapointed;
p. pr. & vb. n. Disappointing.] [OF. desapointier, F.
d['e]sappointer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + apointier, F.
appointier, to appoint. See Appoint.]
1. To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the
attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired;
to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or
expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions,
expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season
disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints
an enemy of his spoil.
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I was disappointed, but very agreeably. --Macaulay.
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Note: Disappointed of a thing not obtained; disappointed in a
thing obtained.
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2. To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result.
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His retiring foe
Shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow.
--Addison.
Syn: To tantalize; fail; frustrate; balk; baffle; delude;
foil; defeat. See Tantalize.
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Disappointing
(gcide) | disappointing \disappointing\ a.
defeating one's expectations or hopes; failing to fulfill
one's expectations or hopes; as, a disappointing result; a
disappointing crop yield.
[PJC]disappointing \disappointing\ n.
the act of disappointing someone.
Syn: disappointment, dashing hopes.
[WordNet 1.5]Disappoint \Dis`ap*point"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disapointed;
p. pr. & vb. n. Disappointing.] [OF. desapointier, F.
d['e]sappointer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + apointier, F.
appointier, to appoint. See Appoint.]
1. To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the
attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired;
to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or
expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions,
expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season
disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints
an enemy of his spoil.
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I was disappointed, but very agreeably. --Macaulay.
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Note: Disappointed of a thing not obtained; disappointed in a
thing obtained.
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2. To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result.
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His retiring foe
Shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow.
--Addison.
Syn: To tantalize; fail; frustrate; balk; baffle; delude;
foil; defeat. See Tantalize.
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disappointing
(wn) | disappointing
adj 1: not up to expectations; "a disappointing performance from
one who had seemed so promising" [syn: disappointing,
dissatisfactory, unsatisfying] |
disappointingly
(wn) | disappointingly
adv 1: in a disappointing manner; "the discoverer of argon, Sir
William Ramsay, looked disappointingly ordinary" |
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