(v) take possession of by force, as after an invasion, Syn.capture, seize, conquer, Example: the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants; The army seized the town; The militia captured the castle
(adj) suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc, Ant.inappropriate, Example: a book not appropriate for children; a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity; it seems that an apology is appropriate
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 ]
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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