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VERB (2)

1. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause;
- Example: "I will earmark this money for your research"
- Example: "She sets aside time for meditation every day"
[syn: allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve]

2. take possession of by force, as after an invasion;
- Example: "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"
- Example: "The army seized the town"
- Example: "The militia captured the castle"
[syn: appropriate, capture, seize, conquer]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc;
- Example: "a book not appropriate for children"
- Example: "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity"
- Example: "it seems that an apology is appropriate"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Appropriate \Ap*pro"pri*ate\, n.
   A property; attribute. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         In its strict and appropriate meaning.   --Porteus.
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         Appropriate acts of divine worship.      --Stillingfleet.
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         It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate
         to express our ideas.                    --Locke.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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   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.
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   3. To make suitable; to suit. [Archaic] --Paley.
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   4. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual
      corporation, as its property. --Blackstone.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

appropriate
    adj 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]
    v 1: 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" [syn: allow,
         appropriate, 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: appropriate, capture, seize, conquer]