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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Appropriate \Ap*pro"pri*ate\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Appropriate \Ap*pro"pri*ate\, adjective [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Appropriate \Ap*pro"pri*ate\, noun A property; attribute. [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
appropriate
adjective
1: 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" [ant: {inappropriate}]
2: appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness [syn: {advantageous}]
3: meant or adapted for an occasion or use; "a tractor suitable (or fit) for heavy duty"; "not an appropriate (or fit) time for flippancy" [syn: {suitable}, {suited}]
4: suitable and fitting; "the tailored clothes were harmonious with her military bearing" [syn: {harmonious}]
5: being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply" [syn: {apposite}, {apt}, {pertinent}]
verb
1: give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research" [syn: {allow}, {earmark}, {set aside}, {reserve}]
2: 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" [syn: {capture}, {seize}, {conquer}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
265 Moby Thesaurus words for "appropriate": a propos, absorb, abstract, acceptable, according to Hoyle, accroach, ad rem, adapted, admissible, adopt, advantageous, advisable, agreeable, allocate, allot, and, annex, appertaining, applicable, applying, appoint, apportion, apposite, appropriate, appropriate to, apropos, apt, arrogate, assign, assign to, assimilate, assume, auspicious, bag, banausic, becoming, befitting, belonging, beneficial, boost, borrow, characteristic, civil, claim, colonize, comely, commandeer, commodious, condign, confiscate, congruous, conquer, conscript, convenient, cop, copy, correct, crib, decent, decorous, defraud, derive from, deserved, desirable, desired, despoil, destine, detail, devote, digest, distinctive, distinguished, dovetailing, draft, due, earmark, eligible, embezzle, employable, encroach, enjoyable, enslave, entitled, exact, expedient, expropriate, extort, fair, fate, favorable, feasible, felicitous, filch, fit, fitted, fitten, fitting, forage, fortunate, fructuous, functional, geared, genteel, germane, good, good for, grab, grasp, happy, helpful, hog, hook, idiocratic, idiosyncratic, imitate, impound, in character, in point, indent, infringe, infringe a copyright, inspired, intrinsic, invade, involving, jump a claim, just, just right, kosher, lay hold of, lift, likely, lot, lucky, make assignments, make free with, make off with, make use of, mark off, mark out for, marked, material, meet, merited, meshing, metabolize, mock, monopolize, nice, nick, nip, normal, normative, occupy, of general utility, of help, of service, of use, on the button, opportune, ordain, overrun, palm, pat, peculiar, pertaining, pertinent, pilfer, pinch, pirate, plagiarize, play God, pleasant, poach, politic, portion off, practical, pragmatical, predigest, preempt, preoccupy, prepossess, press, pretend to, profitable, proper, propitious, providential, purloin, qualified, quintessential, raid, recommendable, relevant, requisite, requisition, reserve, restrict, restrict to, right, right and proper, righteous, rightful, ripe, run away with, rustle, schedule, scrounge, seasonable, seemly, seize, sequester, serviceable, set, set apart, set aside, set off, shoplift, simulate, single, singular, sit on, snare, snatch, snitch, sortable, spoil, squat on, steal, subjugate, suitable, suited, suiting, swindle, swipe, tag, tailored, take, take all of, take it all, take on, take over, take possession of, take up, thieve, timely, to be desired, to the point, to the purpose, trespass, true to form, unique, urbane, useful, usurp, utilitarian, walk off with, well-chosen, well-expressed, well-put, well-timed, wise, worthwhile, worthy, wrench
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