appropriate

The definition of appropriate is to put aside or take something for one's self or some other specific person.

(verb)

Appropriate is defined as something that is right for the purpose.

(adjective)

Bringing wine to a wine and cheese party is an example of appropriate.

See appropriate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to take for one's own or exclusive use
to take improperly, as without permission
to set aside for a specific use or certain person: to appropriate funds for the schools

Origin: ME appropriaten < LL appropriatus, pp. of appropriare, to make one's own < L ad-, to + proprius, one's own

adjective

right for the purpose; suitable; fit; proper

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See appropriate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting.

transitive verb (-ātˌ) ap·pro·pri·at·ed, ap·pro·pri·at·ing, ap·pro·pri·ates

To set apart for a specific use: appropriating funds for education.
To take possession of or make use of exclusively for oneself, often without permission: Lee appropriated my unread newspaper and never returned it.

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Origin: Middle English appropriat

Origin: , from Late Latin appropriātus

Origin: , past participle of appropriāre, to make one's own

Origin: : Latin ad-, ad-

Origin: + Latin proprius, own; see per¹ in Indo-European roots

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