Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Appropriate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Appropriate \Ap*pro"pri*ate\, n.
A property; attribute. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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. To make suitable; to suit. [Archaic] --Paley.
4. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual
corporation, as its property. --Blackstone.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
appropriate
adj 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" [ant: {inappropriate}]
2: appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack
of concern for fairness [syn: {advantageous}]
3: meant or adapted for an occasion or use; "a tractor suitable
(or fit) for heavy duty"; "not an appropriate (or fit)
time for flippancy" [syn: {suitable}, {suited}]
4: suitable and fitting; "the tailored clothes were harmonious
with her military bearing" [syn: {harmonious}]
5: being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the
successful copywriter is a master of apposite and
evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply" [syn: {apposite},
{apt}, {pertinent}]
v 1: give or assign a share of money or time to a particular
person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your
research" [syn: {allow}, {earmark}, {set aside}, {reserve}]
2: take possession of without permission or take with force, as
after a conquest or invasion; "the invaders seized the
land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized
the town"; "The militia captured the castle" [syn: {capture},
{seize}, {conquer}, {take over}]
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