- 1. a. Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper. Source: opted
- 2. v. t. To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy. Source: opted
- 4. v. t. To make suitable; to suit. Source: opted
- 5. v. t. To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. Source: opted
- 6. n. A property; attribute. Source: opted
- 7. adj. suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc Source: wordnet
- 8. adj. meant or adapted for an occasion or use Source: wordnet
- 9. v. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause Source: wordnet
- 10. v. take possession of by force, as after an invasion Source: wordnet
- 11. Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper. In its strict and appropriate meaning. Porteus. Appropriate acts of divine worship. Stillingfleet. It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate to express our ideas. Locke. 1. To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit. 2. To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy. 3. To make suitable; to suit. [Archaic] Paley. 4. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. Blackstone. A property; attribute. [Obs.] Source: webster
- 12. Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belongingpeculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.In its strict and appropriate meaning. Porteus.Appropriate acts of divine worship. Stillingfleet.It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate to express ourideas. Locke. Source: adambom
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