Meaning
To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement.
Etymology
Origin: Middle English
From Middle English apointen, borrowed from Old French apointier (“to prepare, arrange, lean, place”) (French appointer (“to give a salary, refer a cause”)), from Late Latin appunctō (“to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a controversy, or the points in an agreement”); Latin ad + punctum (“a point”). See point.
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 2 recorded puzzles: