appropriate

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: 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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