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Webster 1913 Edition
Appropriate
Ap-pro′pri-ate
,Adj.
[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.
Ap-pro′pri-ate
,Verb.
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 benefit2.
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.
To make suitable; to suit.
[Archaic]
Paley.
4.
(Eng. Eccl. Law)
To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.
Blackstone.
Ap-pro′pri-ate
,Noun.
A property; attribute.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Appropriate
APPRO'PRIATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To set apart for, or assign to a particular use, in exclusion of all other uses; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden.2.
To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right.Let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.
3.
To make peculiar; as, to appropriate names to ideas.4.
To sever an ecclesiastical benefice, and annex it to a spiritual corporation, sole or aggregate, being the patron of the living.APPRO'PRIATE
,Adj.
1.
Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; set apart for a particular use or person; as, religious worship is an appropriate duty to the Creator.2.
Most suitable, fit or proper; as, to use appropriate words in pleading.