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Meaning of appropriated

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

appropriated

Pronunciation:

verb

Definitions

  1. To make suitable; to suit.

  2. To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.

    Example: Let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.

  3. To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.

    Example: A spot of ground is appropriated for a garden.

  4. To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).

adjective

Definitions

  1. Set aside for a specified purpose