Ap-prŏp'er-āte1, v. t.
v. t. [Lat. approperare, from ad and properare, to hasten, from properus, quick, speedy.] To hasten; to speed. [Obs.] Bailey.
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Appropriate
Ap-prō'pri-āte2, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. APPROPRIATED; p. pr. & vb. n. APPROPRIATING.] [Lat. appropriare, appropriatum, from ad and propriare, to appropriate, from proprius, one's own, proper; Fr. approprier, Pr. apropriar. See PROPER.]
Sense 1. 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.
Sense 2. To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.
Sense 3. (Law.) To alienate, as an ecclesiastical benefice, and annex it to a spiritual corporation, sole or aggregate, being the patron of the living. Blackstone.
Ap-prō'pri-ate3, a.
(45), a. [Lat. appropriatus, p. p. of appropriāre.] Set apart for a particular use or person; hence, belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper. “In its strict and appropriate meaning.” Porteus. “Appropriate acts of divine worship.” Stillingfleet.
Ap-prō'pri-ate4, n.
n. An appurtenance; something belonging to another. [Obs.] Chapman.