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ap⋅pro⋅pri⋅ate

  [adj. uh-proh-pree-it; v. uh-proh-pree-eyt] adjective, verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
Use appropriate in a Sentence
–adjective
1. suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
2. belonging to or peculiar to a person; proper: Each played his appropriate part.
–verb (used with object)
3. to set apart, authorize, or legislate for some specific purpose or use: The legislature appropriated funds for the university.
4. to take to or for oneself; take possession of.
5. to take without permission or consent; seize; expropriate: He appropriated the trust funds for himself.
6. to steal, esp. to commit petty theft.
Origin:
1515–25; < LL appropriātus made one's own (ptp. of appropriāre), equiv. to L ap- ap- 1 + propri(us) one's own + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
ap⋅pro⋅pri⋅ate⋅ly, adverb
ap⋅pro⋅pri⋅ate⋅ness, noun
ap⋅pro⋅pri⋅a⋅tive  [uh-proh-pree-ey-tiv, -uh-tiv] , adjective
ap⋅pro⋅pri⋅a⋅tive⋅ness, noun
ap⋅pro⋅pri⋅a⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
1. befitting, apt, meet, felicitous, suited, proper, due, becoming, pertinent. 3. apportion, allocate, assign.

Antonyms:
1. unsuitable, inept.
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ap·pro·pri·ate   (ə-prō'prē-ĭt)   
adj.  Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting.
tr.v.   (-āt') ap·pro·pri·at·ed, ap·pro·pri·at·ing, ap·pro·pri·ates
  1. To set apart for a specific use: appropriating funds for education.
  2. To take possession of or make use of exclusively for oneself, often without permission: Lee appropriated my unread newspaper and never returned it.

[Middle English appropriat, from Late Latin appropriātus, past participle of appropriāre, to make one's own : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin proprius, own; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]
ap·pro'pri·ate·ly adv., ap·pro'pri·ate·ness n., ap·pro'pri·a'tive (-ā'tĭv) adj., ap·pro'pri·a'tor n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to seize for oneself or as one's right: appropriated the family car; arrogated the chair at the head of the table; commandeered a plane for the escape; confiscating stolen property; preempted the glory for herself; usurped the throne. See Also Synonyms at allocate.
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Appropriate

Ap*pro"pri*ate\, 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.

Appropriate

Ap*pro"pri*ate\, 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.

Appropriate

Ap*pro"pri*ate\, n. A property; attribute. [Obs.]
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Language Translation for : appropriate
Spanish: apropiado, adecuado, conveniente,
German: angemessen,
Japanese: 適当な
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appropriate  (v.)
1528, from L.L. appropriatus, pp. of appropriare "to make one's own," from L. ad- "to" + propriare "take as one's own," from proprius "one's own" (see proper). Adj. sense of "specially suitable, proper" is from 1546. Appropriation is first recorded 1393, "the making of a thing private property;" sense of "setting aside for some purpose" (esp. of money, etc.) is from 1789.
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Main Entry: ap·pro·pri·ate
Pronunciation: &-'prO-prE-"At
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -at·ed; -at·ing
Etymology: Late Latin appropriare to take possession of, from ad to, for + proprius one's own
1 : to set apart for or assign to a particular recipient, purpose, or use appropriating funds for the program>
2 : to take or make use of without authority or right —ap·pro·pri·a·tion /&-"prO-prE-'A-sh&n/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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