a. [ L. appropriatus, p. p. of appropriare; ad + propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius one's own, proper. See Proper. ] Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper. [ 1913 Webster ]
In its strict and appropriate meaning. Porteus. [ 1913 Webster ]
Appropriate acts of divine worship. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate to express our ideas. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. A property; attribute. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
adv. In an appropriate or proper manner; fitly; properly. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Law) Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation. [ 1913 Webster ]
The appropriation may be severed, and the church become disappropriate, two ways. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Appropriations of the several parsonages . . . would heave been, by the rules of the common law, disappropriated. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not instrument (to); not appropriate; unbecoming; unsuitable; not specially fitted; -- followed by to or for. --
v. t. To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. taken for one's own use in violation of a trust.
a. [ Pref. un- not + appropriate, a. ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + appropriate, v. t. ] To take from private possession; to restore to the possession or right of all;
a. [ Pref. un- not + appropriated. ]
In the proceedings of the United States congress, money for specific purposes must first be authorized by law, and must subsequently be appropriated in a separate action. Money authorized but not appropriated may be described as