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English Dictionary: Appropriate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
appropriate adj suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc; "a book not appropriate for children"; "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity"; "it seems that an apology is appropriate" Antonym(s): inappropriate v give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day" Synonym(s): allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" Synonym(s): appropriate, capture, seize, conquer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appropriate \Appro"priate\, n. A property; attribute. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appropriate \Appro"priate\, a. [L. appropriatus, p. p. of appropriare; ad + propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius one's own, proper. See {Proper}.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appropriate \Appro"priate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appropriated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appropriating}.] 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.