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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Appropriate \Ap*pro"pri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Appropriated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appropriating}.]
1. 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.
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2. 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.
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3. To make suitable; to suit. [Archaic] --Paley.
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4. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual
corporation, as its property. --Blackstone.
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