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mondo(2) (iou) and appoint (oh)


mondo(2) (iou)



mondo noun1. Pl. -os. E19.
[Japanese, app. from mon gate.]
More fully mondo grass. Any of various plants constituting the genus Ophiopogon, of the lily family, with short stems and mats of long grasslike leaves; esp. O. japonicus, native to Japan and Korea, which is grown as a carpeting plant. Also called lily-turf.

appoint (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: apointier 'to arrange', from point]
to choose someone for a position or a job
::officials appointed by the government
appoint sb to sth
::He's been appointed to the State Supreme Court.
appoint sb to do sth
::A committee was appointed to consider the plans.
appoint (sb) as sth
::O'Connell was appointed as chairman.
formal to arrange or decide a time or place for something to happen
::The committee appointed a day in June for celebrations.
::Everyone assembled in the hall at the appointed time (=at the time that had been arranged) .
-- appointee /E7pCIn5ti:, 7ApCIn-/ n [C]
::a presidential appointee
-see also self-appointed , well-appointed