Word Meanings - PREAPPOINTMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Previous appointment.

PREVIOUSNESS
The quality or state of being previous; priority or antecedence in time.
APPOINTMENT
The exercise of the power of designating (under a "power of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made. 6. Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever
PREVIOUSLY
Beforehand; antecedently; as, a plan previously formed.
PREVIOUS
Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness. The dull sound . . . previous to the storm, Rolls o'er the muttering earth. Thomson. Previous question. See under
PREAPPOINTMENT
Previous appointment.
DISAPPOINTMENT
1. The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration. If we hope for things of which we have not thoroughly considered the value, our disappointment
REAPPOINTMENT
The act of reappointing, or the state of being reappointed.
FOREAPPOINTMENT
Previous appointment; preordinantion. Sherwood.
NONAPPOINTMENT
Neglect of making appointment; failure to receive an appointment.