Word Meaning

appropriate definition and meaning

a. Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
v. t. 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.
v. t. 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.
v. t. To make suitable; to suit.
v. t. To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.
n. A property; attribute.

Crossword clues for appropriate

- Apt
- Fit to take over
- Fitting
- Right or suitable
- Set apart
- Suitable
- Take fitting
- Without asking, take what’s suitable