appropriate

Verb · Adjective
Synonyms: allowearmarkset asidereservecaptureseizeconquer

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  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”Synonyms: allowearmarkset asidereserve
  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”Synonyms: captureseizeconquer

Adjective (1)

  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”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Appropriate \Ap*pro"pri*ate\, n. A property; attribute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

In its strict and appropriate meaning. --Porteus. [1913 Webster]

Appropriate acts of divine worship. --Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster]

It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate to express our ideas. --Locke. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

3.To make suitable; to suit. [Archaic] --Paley. [1913 Webster]

4.(Eng. Eccl. Law) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]

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