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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 appropriated 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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