Ap*pro"pri*ate (&?;), a. [L.
appropriatus, p. p. of appropriare; ad +
propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius one's own, proper. See
Proper.] Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence:
Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
In its strict and appropriate meaning.
Porteus.
Appropriate acts of divine worship.
Stillingfleet.
It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate
to express our ideas.
Locke.
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.
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.
3. To make suitable; to suit. [Archaic]
Paley.
4. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To annex, as a benefice,
to a spiritual corporation, as its property. Blackstone.
Ap*pro"pri*ate (&?;), n. A property;
attribute. [Obs.]
