Canadian English Meaning of appropriate

appropriate

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Definitions and Meaning of appropriate in English

Wordnet

appropriate (v)

give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

take possession of by force, as after an invasion

Wordnet

appropriate (a)

suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc

Webster

appropriate (a.)

Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

Webster

appropriate (v. t.)

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.

To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.

To make suitable; to suit.

To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.

Webster

appropriate (n.)

A property; attribute.

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appropriate

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improper,inadequate,inapplicable,inappropriate,unsuited,incapable,incongruous,indecent,unbecoming,unfit

appropriament => appropriation, appropriable => appropriable, appropre => appropriate, appropinquity => proximity, appropinquation => approach,