Reappointed

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The act of assigning someone again to a particular role after their previous term
2. A process where an individual is designated once more to a specific position, often following an evaluation
3. The formal renewal of one's appointment to a job or position in an organization

Etymology: "Reappointed" is the past tense and past participle of "reappoint", so the core history lies in "appoint". That verb came into English from Old French "apointer", which combined "a" (to) with "point" (a point, a fixed place or mark), so to appoint was originally to arrange something to a particular point or standard. Its sense of naming someone to an office developed from that idea of fixing a thing in its proper place. The prefix "re-" comes from Latin "re-", meaning "again" or "back". Attaching it to "appoint" produces the notion of naming or fixing someone in a position once more, which is why the verb describes renewing a job or post. Because the prefix is simply added to an existing word, the formation is transparent: "re-" plus "appoint" yields exactly what it says.

Synonyms: reassigned, renominated

Antonyms: dismissed, fired