Create and charge with a task or function.

synonyms: constitute, name, nominate.

Roget 755: commission, delegate, depute; consign, assign; charge; intrust, entrust; commit, commit to the hands of; authorize etc. (permit) 760.    put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name, nominate, return, ordain; install, induct, inaugurate, swear in, invest, crown; enroll, enlist; give power of attorney to.    employ, empower; set over, place over; send out.    be commissioned, be accredited; represent, stand for; stand in the stead of, stand in the place of, stand in the shoes of.    ... show more

Roget 786: apportion, divide; distribute, administer, dispense; billet, allot, detail, cast, share, mete; portion out, parcel out, dole out; deal, carve.    allocate, ration, ration out; assign; separate etc. 44.    partition, assign, appropriate, appoint.    come in for one's share etc. (participate) 778.    ... show more

Dutch: aanstellen, aanwijzen, benoemen, designeren, maken

Assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to:
— He was appointed deputy manager.

synonym: charge.

Roget 741: command, order, decree, enact, ordain, dictate, direct, give orders.    prescribe, set, appoint, mark out; set a task, prescribe a task, impose a task; set to work, put in requisition.    bid, enjoin, charge, call upon, instruct; require at the hands of; exact, impose, tax, task; demand; insist on etc. (compel) 744.    claim, lay claim to, revendicate^†, reclaim.    cite, summon; call for, send for; subpoena; beckon.    issue a command; make a requisition, issue a requisition, promulgate a requisition, make a decree, issue a decree, promulgate a decree, make an order, issue an order, promulgate an order etc. n.; give the word of command, give the word, give the signal; call to order; give the law, lay down the law; assume the command etc. (authority) 737; remand.    be ordered &c.; receive an order etc. n.. ... show more

Dutch: bepalen, beschikken, vaststellen

Furnish.