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appropriate
adj
    1. Suitable or proper.
      Thesaurus: proper, fit, suitable, seemly, becoming, right, fitting, correct, meet.
verb appropriated, appropriating
    1. To take something as one's own, especially without permission.
      Thesaurus: seize, take, secure, usurp.
    2. To put (money) aside for a particular purpose.
      Thesaurus: allocate, allot, disburse, set aside, set apart, apportion, budget, reserve.
Derivative: appropriately
adverb
    Derivative: appropriateness
    noun
      The quality of being suitable or proper
        Thesaurus: propriety, properness, correctness, felicitousness, pertinence, relevance, aptness, applicability, seemliness, suitability.
    Derivative: appropriation
    noun
      Derivative: appropriator
      noun
        Etymology: 16c: from Latin appropriare, from proprius one's own.



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