APPROPRIATE

appropriate. appropriate, to take, and keepe to, and for himselfe alone.

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appropriate. Appropriate, v.t. to set apart for a certain purpose, or for one's self

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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.