| appropriate | (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 |
| appropriate | (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 |
| appropriately | (adv) in an appropriate manner, Syn. fitly, suitably, befittingly, fittingly, Ant. unsuitably, inappropriately, Example: he was appropriately dressed |
| appropriateness | (n) appropriate conduct; doing the right thing, Syn. rightness, Ant. inappropriateness |
| appropriateness | (n) the quality of being specially suitable, Ant. inappropriateness |
| appropriation | (n) money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose |
| appropriation | (n) a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner, Example: the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit; a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest |
| appropriation bill | (n) a legislative act proposing to authorize the expenditure of public funds for a specified purpose |
| appropriative | (adj) of or relating to or given to the act of taking for yourself |
| appropriator | (n) someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission) |
| Appropriate | n. A property; attribute. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 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 ] |
| Appropriate | v. t. |
| appropriated | adj. |
| Appropriately | adv. In an appropriate or proper manner; fitly; properly. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Appropriateness | n. The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Appropriation | n. [ L. appropriatio: cf. F. appropriation. ] The Commons watched carefully over the appropriation. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Appropriative | a. Appropriating; making, or tending to, appropriation; |
| Appropriator | n. |