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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.
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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.
[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.
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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 English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
appropriating
vb.
(present participle of en appropriate nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
appropriating
vb.
(present participle of en appropriate nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
appropriating
vb.
(present participle of en appropriate nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
appropriating
vb.
(present participle of en appropriate nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
appropriating
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm a ppropriat ing e)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Appropriating /ɐpɹˈəʊpɹɪˌeɪtɪŋ/ الاستيلاءFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
appropriating /ɐpɹˈəʊpɹɪˌeɪtɪŋ/ sich etw. aneignend, sich bemächtigend see: appropriate, appropriatedFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
appropriating /ɐpɹˈəʊpɹɪˌeɪtɪŋ/ verwendend, bereitstellend, bewilligend see: appropriate, appropriated, appropriates, appropriatedFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/əˈpɹoʊpɹiˌeɪtɪŋ/