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(1):

(v. t.) 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.

(2):

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

(3):

(v. t.) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.

(4):

(n.) A property; attribute.

(5):

(v. t.) To make suitable; to suit.

(6):

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Appropriate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/appropriate.html. 1828.
 
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