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Webster 1913 Edition
Appointer
Ap-point′er
,Noun.
One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment.
Kent.
Webster 1828 Edition
Appointer
APPOINT'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2025
appointer
appointer
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French apointier, equivalent to a- + point + -er. Possibly corresponds to a Late Latin appunctāre, from Latin ad + punctum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pwɛ̃.te/
Verb
appointer
- to salary (attribute a salary to a position)
- to appoint (attribute a job, a position to someone)
- to sharpen into a point
- appointer un crayon
- to sharpen a pencil
- appointer un crayon
- (reflexive, s'appointer) to unite; to become united
Conjugation
Conjugation of appointer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | appointer | avoir appointé | |||||
| gerund | en appointant | en ayant appointé | |||||
| present participle | appointant /a.pwɛ̃.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | appointé /a.pwɛ̃.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | appointe /a.pwɛ̃t/ |
appointes /a.pwɛ̃t/ |
appointe /a.pwɛ̃t/ |
appointons /a.pwɛ̃.tɔ̃/ |
appointez /a.pwɛ̃.te/ |
appointent /a.pwɛ̃t/ |
| imperfect | appointais /a.pwɛ̃.tɛ/ |
appointais /a.pwɛ̃.tɛ/ |
appointait /a.pwɛ̃.tɛ/ |
appointions /a.pwɛ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
appointiez /a.pwɛ̃.tje/ |
appointaient /a.pwɛ̃.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | appointai /a.pwɛ̃.te/ |
appointas /a.pwɛ̃.ta/ |
appointa /a.pwɛ̃.ta/ |
appointâmes /a.pwɛ̃.tam/ |
appointâtes /a.pwɛ̃.tat/ |
appointèrent /a.pwɛ̃.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | appointerai /a.pwɛ̃.tʁe/ |
appointeras /a.pwɛ̃.tʁa/ |
appointera /a.pwɛ̃.tʁa/ |
appointerons /a.pwɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
appointerez /a.pwɛ̃.tʁe/ |
appointeront /a.pwɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | appointerais /a.pwɛ̃.tʁɛ/ |
appointerais /a.pwɛ̃.tʁɛ/ |
appointerait /a.pwɛ̃.tʁɛ/ |
appointerions /a.pwɛ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
appointeriez /a.pwɛ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
appointeraient /a.pwɛ̃.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | appointe /a.pwɛ̃t/ |
appointes /a.pwɛ̃t/ |
appointe /a.pwɛ̃t/ |
appointions /a.pwɛ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
appointiez /a.pwɛ̃.tje/ |
appointent /a.pwɛ̃t/ |
| imperfect1 |
appointasse /a.pwɛ̃.tas/ |
appointasses /a.pwɛ̃.tas/ |
appointât /a.pwɛ̃.ta/ |
appointassions /a.pwɛ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
appointassiez /a.pwɛ̃.ta.sje/ |
appointassent /a.pwɛ̃.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | appointe /a.pwɛ̃t/ |
— | appointons /a.pwɛ̃.tɔ̃/ |
appointez /a.pwɛ̃.te/ |
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