appropriate

appropriate
adj
1. suitable, fitting, befitting, meet, proper, becoming, seemly; suited, fit, well-suited, likely, agreeable, adapted, congruous; expedient, due, (of punishment) condign.
2. timely, felicitous, seasonable, convenient, opportune.
3. apt, pertinent, applicable, relevant, germane, apposite, apropos, to the point.
4. proper, particular, own, individual, separate, peculiar, characteristic, idiosyncratic.
v
5.(all usu. of funds) set apart, assign, allot, apportion, appoint; allocate, disburse, dole out; authorize, legislate.
6. take possession of, avail oneself of, claim, confiscate, impound; seize, commandeer, expropriate, arrogate, usurp, accroach, assume; make free with, help oneself to, steal [s.o.'s] thunder.
7. steal, thieve, pilfer, purloin, finger, filch, Inf. snitch; peculate, embezzle, Law. defalcate, misappropriate, swindle, pocket; shoplift, palm, Sl. boost, walk off or away with; Sl. pinch, Sl. swipe, Sl. rip off, Sl. crook, Sl. cop, Sl. lift.

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  • 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. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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