appropriate

appropriate

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/əˈpɹəʊ.pɹi.eɪt/]

Senses

1. appropriate (verb) — sense 1

Definition: To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.

Example: Let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.

2. appropriate (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.

Example: A spot of ground is appropriated for a garden.

3. appropriate (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).

Example: Some [benefices] were appropriated to secular ecclesiastical corporations

Structure of the word

Roots:
  • preyh (Proto-Indo-European)

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