adjective. Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting.

transitive verb. To set apart for a specific use.

transitive verb. To take possession of or make use of exclusively for oneself, often without permission.

Set apart for a particular use or person; hence, belonging peculiarly; suitable; fit; befitting; proper.

Synonyms Apt, becoming, in keeping, felicitous.

noun. Peculiar characteristic; attribute; proper function; property.

To take to one's self in exclusion of others; claim or use as by an exclusive right: as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.

In general, to take for any use; put to use.

To set apart for or assign to a particular purpose or use, in exclusion of all other purposes or uses: as, Congress appropriated more money than was needed; to appropriate a spot of ground for a garden.

In ecclesiastical law, to annex, as a benefice, to an ecclesiastical corporation, for its perpetual use.

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

noun. A property; attribute.

transitive verb. To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right.

transitive verb. To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with to or for

transitive verb. To make suitable; to suit.

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

adjective. Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.

adjective. Hence, belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

adjective. Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.

verb. To make suitable; to suit. -- William Paley.

verb. 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."

verb. 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.

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

verb. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

adjective. suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc

verb. take possession of by force, as after an invasion

"The term "appropriate," like most institutional language, manages to give the appearance of clarity while retaining its ability to shift its focus as needed."