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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
furnished \furnished\ adjective provided with necessary furnishings; -- used especially of rented apartments having furniture included in the rental price; as, a furnished apartment. Opposite of {unfurnished}. [Narrower terms: {stocked, stocked with ; {appointed}; {well-appointed, well-found ; {fitted out, outfitted ]
Syn: equipped. [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Appoint \Ap*point"\ ([a^]p*point"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Appointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appointing}.] [OE. appointen, apointen, OF. apointier to prepare, arrange, lean, place, F. appointer to give a salary, refer a cause, fr. LL. appunctare to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a controversy, or the points in an agreement; L. ad + punctum a point. See {Point}.]
1. To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.
When he appointed the foundations of the earth. --Prov. viii. 29.
2. To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of.
Thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint. --2 Sam. xv. 15.
He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness. --Acts xvii. 31.
Say that the emperor request a parley . . . and appoint the meeting. --Shak.
3. To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.
Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service. --Num. iv. 19.
These were cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. --Josh. xx. 9.
4. To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out.
The English, being well appointed, did so entertain them that their ships departed terribly torn. --Hayward.
5. To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign. [Obs.]
Appoint not heavenly disposition. --Milton.
6. (Law) To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; -- said of an estate already conveyed. --Burrill. Kent.
{To appoint one's self}, to resolve. [Obs.] --Crowley.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
appointed \appointed\ adjective
1. having acquired an office or responsibility through appointment; -- said of officials, and contrasting with {elected}. [WordNet 1.5]
2. fixed or established by order or command.
Syn: decreed, ordained, prescribed. [WordNet 1.5]
3. provided with furnishing and accessories especially of a tasteful kind. a house that is beautifully appointed [WordNet 1.5]
4. selected for a duty or job [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
appointed
adjective
1: subject to appointment [syn: {appointive}] [ant: {elective}]
2: selected for a job; "the one appointed for guard duty"
3: fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the time appointed (or the appointed time") [syn: {decreed}, {ordained}, {prescribed}]
4: provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind); "a house that is beautifully appointed"
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