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ap•pro•pri•ate



Pronunciation: (
—adj.u-prō'prē-it;
—v.u-prō'prē-āt"), [key]
—adj., v., -at•ed, -at•ing.

—adj.
1. suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
2. belonging to or peculiar to a person; proper: Each played his appropriate part.

—v.t.
1. to set apart, authorize, or legislate for some specific purpose or use: The legislature appropriated funds for the university.
2. to take to or for oneself; take possession of.
3. to take without permission or consent; seize; expropriate: He appropriated the trust funds for himself.
4. to steal, esp. to commit petty theft.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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