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Adjective: appropriate  u'prowpreeut
  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"
Verb: appropriate  u'prowpree`eyt
  1. Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
    - allow, earmark, set aside, reserve
     
  2. Take possession of by force, as after an invasion
    - capture, seize, conquer

Derived forms: appropriated, appropriating, appropriates

See also: appropriable, appropriately, appropriateness, appropriative, appropriator, apropos, befitting, grade-appropriate, pat, proper, right

Type of: allot, arrogate, assign, assume, portion, seize, take over, usurp

Antonym: inappropriate

Encyclopedia: Appropriate