APPROPRIATE (2)

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Ap‐pro″pri‐ate (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appropriated (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Appropriating (�).] 1. 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. 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. 3. To make suitable; to suit. Paley.
4. 4. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. Blackstone.