verb/a.pwɛ̃.te/
to salary (attribute a salary to a position); to appoint (attribute a job, a position to someone); to sharpen into a point; to unite; to become united
“appointer un crayon” — to sharpen a pencil
Inherited from Old French apointier. By surface analysis, a- + point + -er. Possibly corresponds to a Late Latin appunctāre, from Latin ad + punctum.