appropriate

adjective, verb

imported

Definitions

adjective, verb

  1. 1.

    Suitable or proper in the circumstances.

  2. 2.

    To take something for one's own use, typically without permission.

  3. 3.

    To set aside money for a specific purpose.

Related words

See also: fitting, inappropriate, suitable

Etymology

From Latin appropriatus, past participle of appropriare "to make one's own," from ad- "to" + proprius "one's own."