Definition of appropriate

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Appropriate (a.) Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

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Convert :: Convert (v. t.) To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally.
Devote :: Devote (v. t.) To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction; the city was devoted to the flames..
Fireplace :: Fireplace (n.) The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; -- usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built..
Due :: Due (a.) Justly claimed as a right or property; proper; suitable; becoming; appropriate; fit.
Unappropriate :: Unappropriate (a.) Not appropriated.
Somnambulistic :: Somnambulistic (a.) Of or pertaining to a somnambulist or somnambulism; affected by somnambulism; appropriate to the state of a somnambulist.
Fund :: Fund (v. t.) To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of; to make permanent provision of resources (as by a pledge of revenue from customs) for discharging the interest of or principal of; as, to fund government notes..
Lyrical :: Lyrical (a.) Fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, also, appropriate for song; -- said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet..
Curule :: Curule (a.) Of or pertaining to a kind of chair appropriated to Roman magistrates and dignitaries; pertaining to, having, or conferring, the right to sit in the curule chair; hence, official..
Functionless :: Functionless (a.) Destitute of function, or of an appropriate organ. Darwin..
Aptly :: Aptly (adv.) In an apt or suitable manner; fitly; properly; pertinently; appropriately; readily.
Vicar :: Vicar (n.) The incumbent of an appropriated benefice.
Giantly :: Giantly (a.) Appropriate to a giant.
Aptness :: Aptness (n.) Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of things to their end..
Farcical :: Farcical (a.) Pertaining to farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous; unnatural; unreal.
Schoolhouse :: Schoolhouse (n.) A house appropriated for the use of a school or schools, or for instruction..
Kitchen :: Kitchen (n.) A cookroom; the room of a house appropriated to cookery.
Apt :: Apt (a.) Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.
Incongruous :: Incongruous (a.) Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of harmonizing or readily assimilating; inharmonious; inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper; as, an incongruous remark; incongruous behavior, action, dress, etc..
Crib :: Crib (v. t.) To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton..
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