appointiveadj.
/əˈpɔɪntɪv/, U.S. /əˈpɔɪn(t)ɪv/ U.S.
1. Dependent on appointment; that is filled by appointment; holding one's place by appointment.
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1881 Tourgee in N. Amer. Rev. CXXXII. 314 Every appointive place in the Government except the cabinet.
1886 N. Amer. Rev. Aug. 203 Whether the entire judiciary should be appointive or elective.
1889 Nation (N.Y.) 4 July 1/1 Mr. Geer being an appointive officer of the Custom-house.
1914 T. C. Smith Wars Eng. & Amer. iii. 54 The Quebec Act altered the government of the province by the creation of an appointive council.
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2. ‘Of or pertaining to appointment; appointing; as, the appointive power of the President’ ( Cent. Dict.).
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