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appointive

[ uh-poin-tiv ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or filled by appointment:

    an appointive office.

  2. having the ability or authority to appoint:

    appointive powers.



appointive

/ əˈ±èɔɪ²Ô³Ùɪ±¹ /

adjective

  1. relating to or filled by appointment

    an appointive position

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of appointive1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; appoint + -ive
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“Is it really an appointive process if there’s a vote being taken?†said Judge Roderick Young, a Trump appointee.

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“It is my understanding that ‘appointive office’ as used in RCW. 77.04.040 does not include a volunteer position like a planning commission member who serves in an advisory capacity only.

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Mr. Dinkins was a cautious, deliberate Harlem Democrat who climbed to City Hall through relatively minor elective and appointive offices.

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Comey: I think I’m done in governments, certainly in an appointive role, I would never run for office, but an appointed role in government.

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In fact, Bush rose in the Party because of electoral, not appointive, politics.

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