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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"

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