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APPROPRIATED
Verb
appropriated
simple past tense and past participle of appropriate
Adjective
appropriated (not comparable)
set aside for a specified purpose
Source: Wiktionary
APPROPRIATE
Ap*pro"pri*ate, a. Etym: [L. appropriatus, p. p. of appropriare; ad + propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius one's own, proper. See Proper.]
Definition: 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)
Definition: To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. Blackstone.
Ap*pro"pri*ate, n.
Definition: A property; attribute. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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