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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To make suitable; to suit. [Archaic] --Paley.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual
        corporation, as its property. --Blackstone.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  appropriated \appropriated\ adj.
     1. 1 taken without permission or consent especially by public
        authority.
  
     Syn: confiscate, confiscated, seized, taken over.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  appropriated
       adj : taken without permission or consent especially by public
             authority; "the condemned land was used for a highway
             cloverleaf"; "the confiscated liquor was poured down
             the drain" [syn: condemned, confiscate, confiscated,
              seized, taken over]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  appropriated
     a.
     set aside for a specified purpose
     vb.
     (infl of en appropriate  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  appropriated
     a.
     set aside for a specified purpose
     vb.
     (infl of en appropriate  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  appropriated
     a.
     set aside for a specified purpose
     vb.
     (infl of en appropriate  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  appropriated
     a.
     set aside for a specified purpose
     vb.
     (infl of en appropriate  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  appropriated
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm a ppropriate d)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Appropriated /ɐpɹˈəʊpɹɪˌeɪtɪd/
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