appointer

  1. to salary (attribute a salary to a position)
  2. to appoint (attribute a job, a position to someone)
  3. to sharpen into a point
  4. (reflexive) to unite; to become united

Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.pwɛ̃.te/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French apointier. By surface analysis, a- + point + -er. Possibly corresponds to a Late Latin appunctāre, from Latin ad + punctum.

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